Wounded Amazon

Mark Cartwright

by Mark Cartwright
published on 30 April 2013

bookmark_addbookmark_addedSave Image person_addperson_checkSubscribe to Author

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)

Remove Ads

Subscribe to this author

About the Author

Mark Cartwright

Mark is WHE’s Publishing Director and has an MA in Political Philosophy (University of York). He is a full-time researcher, writer, historian and editor. Special interests include art, architecture and discovering the ideas that all civilizations share.

License & Copyright

Uploaded by Mark Cartwright, published on 30 April 2013. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike. This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon this content non-commercially, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.

For commercial licensing enquiries, please contact our licensing agency Wright's Media.

Related Images

Image

References

Wounded Amazon at the Capitoline Museums, Rome, accessed 1 Dec 2016.

Cite This Work

APA Style

Cartwright, M. (2013, April 30). Wounded Amazon. World History Encyclopedia. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/1163/wounded-amazon/

Chicago Style

Cartwright, Mark. "Wounded Amazon." World History Encyclopedia, April 30, 2013. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/1163/wounded-amazon/.

MLA Style

Cartwright, Mark. "Wounded Amazon." World History Encyclopedia, 30 Apr 2013, https://www.worldhistory.org/image/1163/wounded-amazon/.

Wounded Amazon

17th Anniversary Fundraiser

About the Author

License & Copyright

Related Images

Greek Fighting an Amazon (Detail)

Mosaic of Amazon Warrior Fighting Greek Rider

Holy Cross Episcopal Mission Used as Hospital at Wounded Knee

Burial of the Dead in Mass Grave After Wounded Knee Massacre

Wounded Knee Survivors

Amazon and Barbarian

References

Cite This Work

APA Style

Chicago Style

MLA Style