Queen Philomela

"When they at last pulled off the veil, they say my mother smiled. That is how they knew she was quite stupid. Brides did not smile."
 * She married King Menoetius when she was 14. She was an only child, and he would receive a large dowry, including a beautifully carved lyre that was gilded at the tips, for her. She was described as "simple" and "quite stupid."
 * When Patroclus was born, Menoetius took the boy. The midwife gave her a pillow to hold. She did not seem to notice the difference between the pillow and her child.

Description

 * "At her temple a starburst of white gleams like bone, the scar from the time her father hit her with the hilt of a sword."