Amazonomachy
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26 sectionsContents
- 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.