Amazons : the history behind the legend

1. Verfasser: Braund, David, 1957- , [VerfasserIn]
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2025.
Umfang/Format: xv, 302 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
ISBN: 9781108834490
9781108995122
Schlagworte:
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Introduction : Amazons in love, war, and mind : their significance in ancient Greek culture
  • Approaching Amazons
  • Amazons in battle : weapons, mind and body
  • Sex and motherhood
  • A duel of death and desire : Penthesilea vs. Achilles
  • Heracles' Amazon labour : Delphi, Olympia and colonial worlds
  • Shipwreck and reptiles : the queens of southern Russia
  • Amazon cities in Asia : Themiscyra, Ephesus and Halicarnassus
  • The pride of Athens
  • Artemis vs. Aphrodite : Greek women go Amazon
  • Alexander the Great and the Amazon queen
  • Conclusions : Amazon realities.