Amazonomachy

thumb|4th century AD Amazonomachy mosaic from Daphne, a suburb of Antioch on the Orontes (modern [[Antakya, Turkey); Louvre, Denon Wing]] thumb|Relief now in Vienna

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Amazonomachy in Myth
Trojan War, Achilles
Ninth Labor, Hercules
Attic War, Theseus
Symbolism of Amazonomachy
Amazonomachy in Art
Early Greek Shields
Ancient Greek Pottery
Amphora (storage vessel): Herakles in Combat with the Amazon Andromache
White-ground alabastron: Amazon
Terracotta Nolan neck-amphora (jar'
Greek Architecture
West Metopes of Parthenon
Shield of Athena Parthenos
Frieze in Temple of Apollo at Bassae
Frieze from Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
Other
Roman Sarcophagi
Historical Existence of Amazonomachy
Accounts of Amazon Graves
Possible Historical Counterparts
Gallery
See also
References
Further reading
External links

thumb|4th century AD Amazonomachy mosaic from Daphne, a suburb of Antioch on the Orontes (modern [[Antakya, Turkey); Louvre, Denon Wing]] thumb|Relief now in Vienna

In Greek mythology, an Amazonomachy (English translation: "Amazon battle"; plural, Amazonomachiai () or Amazonomachies) is a mythological battle between the ancient Greeks and the Amazons, a nation of all-female warriors. The subject of Amazonomachies was popular in ancient Greek art and Roman art.