Amazonomachy

English 2025 August 27 Etymology thumb|A detail from a frieze from the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus (present-day Bodrum, Turkey) showing an Amazonomachy.n1 From the collection of the British Museum in London, England, United Kingdom. en ine-pro *meh₂gʰ- Alteration of en Amazonomachia, after en -machy suffix forming nouns with the sense ‘battle, fight’.n 1805446799 June 2024 en Amazonomachia is either borrowed from en fr Amazonomachie or en de Amazonomachie, or is a direct learned borrowing from their etymon en grc Ἀμαζονομᾰχῐ́ᾱ,Amazonomachia n 1184722662 July 2023 from grc Ἀμαζών mythical female warrior from the Black Sea region (for further etymology see that entry) + grc μᾰ́χη battle, combat (either ultimately from en ine-pro *meh₂gʰ- to fight or en qsb-grc) + grc -ῐ́ᾱ suffix forming feminine abstract nouns. Pronunciation en /ˌæməzəˈnɒməki/ RP en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Amazonomachy.wav Southern England en /ˌæməzəˈnɑməki/ /ˌæməˌzɑ-/ GA en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-Amazonomachy.wav GA en Ama zon o machy Noun en Ancient Greece mythology en Amazonomachia a battle with en Amazon Amazons mythical female warriors thought to inhabit the Black Sea region; also en art, an artistic representation of such a scene. en centauromachy gigantomachy theomachy Titanomachy Typhonomachy en 1920 F[rank] B[igelow] Tarbell Centauromachy and Amazonomachy in Greek Art: The Reasons for Their Popularity William Nickerson Bates w:American Journal of Archaeology Concord, N.H. Published [F]or the [Archaeological] Institute [of America] by the Rumford PressNew York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co. XXIV (2nd Series) 3 226 https://archive.org/details/americanjourser224archuoft/americanjourser224archuoft/page/n241/mode/1up 0002-9114 802635965 The usual themes are mythological, and of these certain ones enjoyed especial popularity. A few great mythical contests, viz., that of the Gods against the Giants, those of the Greeks against Centaurs, against Amazons, and against Trojans, supply subject matter to an impressively large number of decorative Greek sculptures. Of these themes the centauromachies and amazonomachies were the most often repeated. en 1936 Alice Whiting Ellis Summaries of Dissertations for the Degree of Ph.D., 1935–1936 [Reliefs from a Sarcophagus, Decorated with an Amazonomachy, in the Fogg Museum] w:Harvard Studies in Classical Philology Cambridge, Mass. Harvard University Press; London: Humphrey [Sumner] Milford, Oxford University Press XLVII 216 https://archive.org/details/harvardstudiesin0000unse_e7k6/page/216/mode/1up 0073-0688 839185186 Several substantial fragments of a sarcophagus decorated with an Amazonomachy are in the possession of the Fogg Museum of Harvard University. The composition of the scene on the front is in three parts, the usual division of groups on sarcophagi with Amazonomachies. en 1998 w:Ken Dowden Amazons w:Simon Hornblower; Antony Spawforth The Oxford Companion to Classical Civilisation Oxford, Oxfordshire; New York, N.Y. w:Oxford University Press 31 https://archive.org/details/oxfordcompaniont0000unse/page/31/mode/1up 1 978-0-19-860165-4 Amazons exist in order to be fought, and ultimately defeated, by men in an Amazonomachy ('Amazon-battle'). Heracles' ninth labour was to fetch the girdle of the Amazon queen, Hippolyte, resulting in another Amazonomachy. en 2021 Christina G. Williamson Festival Networks: Stratonikeia and the Sanctuary of Hekate at Lagina David Frankfurter; Johannes Hahn; Frits G. Naerebout; Miguel John Versluys Urban Rituals in Sacred Landscapes in Hellenistic Asia Minor Religions in the Graeco-Roman World 196 Leiden, South Holland; Boston, Mass. w:Brill Publishers 277 and 279 https://archive.org/details/9789004461277/page/279/mode/1up 978-90-04-46126-0 0927-7633 One of the earliest studies of this frieze was by Schober, who drew attention to the 'north' section and its depiction of soldiers and Amazons: these are not engaged in battle as they would be in a regular Amazonomachy, but instead are enjoying cordial relations, shaking hands and clasping shoulders. Translations synonym of Amazonomachia Amazonomachia References Further reading