Amazonomachy
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An Amazonomachy (Greek - Amazon battle; plural, Amazonomachies or Amazonomachoi) was a portrayal of legendary battle between Greeks and Amazons. These foreign creatures succumbed in myth to the likes of Herakles and Theseus, and symbolised the triumph of Greek or Macedonian civilization over the barbarian. But, still, Amazons were objects of sympathy and fascination.
Examples
- Pheidias represented an Amazonomachy on the shield of the Athena Parthenos, the monumental cult statue of the Parthenon.
- Another representation was painted by Micon, on the Stoa Poikile at the Ancient Agora of Athens.
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See also
- For discussion of such battles as depicted in mythology, Amazons in Greek Mythology.
- For representation of Amazonomachies as depicted in ancient visual art, see Amazons in Greek & Roman Art.
- For the most famous Amazonomachy, see Attic War.
Amazons (in Greek, Αμαζόνες) were a mythical ancient nation of all-female warriors. Herodotus placed them in a region bordering Scythia in Sarmatia.
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Phidias (or Pheidias) (in ancient Greek, Φειδίας) (c.480 BC - c.430 BC), son of Charmides, (not to be mistaken for the Charmides who participated in the tyranny at Athens) , was an ancient Greek
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Athena Parthenos (Athena the virgin) is the title of a massive chryselephantine sculpture of the Greek goddess Athena by Phidias, which was housed in the Parthenon in Athens.
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Parthenon (ancient Greek: Παρθενών) is a temple of the Greek goddess Athena built in the 5th century BC on the Acropolis of Athens.
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Micon was a Greek painter and sculptor in the middle of the fifth century BC. He was closely associated with Polygnotus of Thasos, in conjunction with whom he adorned the Stoa Poikile
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Stoa (plural, stoae or stoæ) in Ancient Greek architecture; covered walkways or porticos, commonly for public usage. Early stoae were open at the entrance with columns lining the side of the building, creating an enveloping, protective atmosphere and were usually
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Ancient Agora of Athens is the most well-known agora, located in Athens, Greece.
The agora in Athens had private housing, until it was reorganized by Peisistratus in the 6th century BC.
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The agora in Athens had private housing, until it was reorganized by Peisistratus in the 6th century BC.
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In Greek mythology, the Attic War is the conflict between the Amazons and the Athenians under Theseus. The Amazons came to bring back Antiope, the sister of their dead queen, Hippolyta. Antiope had been abducted by Theseus during Heracles' ninth labor.
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