Amazonomachy

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An Amazonomachy (English translation: "Amazon battle"; plural, Amazonomachiai Ἀμαζονομαχίαι (Ancient Greek) or Amazonomachies Αμαζονομαχίες (Modern Greek)) was a portrayal of legendary battle between Greeks and Amazons. The mythic all-female warrior society was believed to have been defeated by the likes of Heracles and Theseus.

Examples

• Pheidias portrayed an Amazonomachy on the shield of the Athena Parthenos, the monumental cult statue of the Parthenon.
• Micon painted a version on the Stoa Poikile at the Ancient Agora of Athens.

Gallery

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  Amazonmachy, marble sarcophagus, Vatican Museum

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  Amazonmachy, mosaic from Antakya (the ancient city of Antioch), Turkey, second half, 4th c. AD, Louvre Museum

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  Amazonomachy marble sarcophagus, Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki

See also

• For discussion of such battles, see Amazons in historiography.
• For the most famous Amazonomachy, see Attic War.
• For representation of Amazonomachies as depicted in ancient visual art, see Amazons in art.
• Amazon statue types

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