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Amazon Women
Definition by Mark Cartwright

Amazon Women

In Greek mythology, the Amazons were a race of warlike women noted for their riding skills, courage, and pride, who lived at the outer limits of the known world, sometimes specifically mentioned as the city of Themiskyra on the Black Sea...
Fashion & Dress in Ancient Mesopotamia
Article by Joshua J. Mark

Fashion & Dress in Ancient Mesopotamia

Fashion and dress in Mesopotamia – clothing, footwear, and accessories – was not only functional but defined one's social status and developed from a simple loincloth in the Ubaid Period (c. 5000-4100 BCE) to brightly colored robes and dresses...
Hippolyta
Definition by Harrison W. Mark

Hippolyta

Hippolyta, or Hippolyte, was a queen of the Amazons in Greek mythology. A daughter of Ares, the Greek god of war, and Otrera, queen of the Amazons, she is a significant figure in the legends of Hercules and Theseus. In the present day, she...
Mosaic of Amazon Warrior Fighting Greek Rider
Image by Jacques Mossot

Mosaic of Amazon Warrior Fighting Greek Rider

An ancient Roman mosaic from the 4th century CE depicting an Amazon warrior in mounted combat against a Greek rider. The Greek is seizing the Phrygian cap of the Amazon. Cropped detail of a mosaic from Daphne, a suburb of Antioch on the Orontes...
Amazon and Barbarian
Image by Mark Cartwright

Amazon and Barbarian

Roman sculpture in pentellic marble. An amazon rider is about to deal the fatal blow to a barbarian. This marble sculpture is influenced by the 2nd century BCE Pergamene school of sculpture and itself dates from the mid-2nd century CE. Provenance...
Wounded Amazon
Image by Mark Cartwright

Wounded Amazon

A marble statue of a wounded Amazon. From an original by 5th century BCE Greek sculptor Phidias. Head: replica of that of the Amazon by Polykleitos. Provenance: Villa d'Este, Tivoli. (Capitoline Museums, Palazzo Nuovo, Rome)
Warrior & Amazon
Image by Mark Cartwright

Warrior & Amazon

A plaque relief depicting a Greek pursuing an Amazon. Part of a pair of duplicate relief slabs. 2nd century CE Roman copies of scenes from the shield of Athena on the Athena Parthenos statue by Pheidias in the Parthenon. (Archaeological Museum...
Amazon Sarcophagus, Tarquinia
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Amazon Sarcophagus, Tarquinia

The "Amazon Sarcophagus", a painted alabaster sarcophagus depicting an Amazonomachy. Etruscan culture. c. 300 BCE. Tarquinia, Italy. (De Feis Etruscan Archaeological Museum)
Amazon Warrior, Attic Relief Plaque
Image by Mark Cartwright

Amazon Warrior, Attic Relief Plaque

A depiction of an Amazon warrior from a 2nd century CE Attic relief slab. (Archaeological Museum of Piraeus, Athens).
Amazon on Horseback
Image by Elliott Brown

Amazon on Horseback

Statue of an Amazon on horseback. Marble. 2nd Century CE Roman copy of a 2nd Century BCE Greek original. (National Archaeological Museum of Naples)
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