Amazonomachy

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.