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ID: 901000212
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000212
Record Type: Character/Person

Amazons (Greek characters)

Note: Legendary race of women warriors. The story of the Amazons probably originated as a variant of a tale recurrent in many cultures, that of a distant land organized oppositely from one’s own. The ascribed habitat of the Amazons necessarily became more remote as Greek geographic knowledge developed. When the Black Sea region was colonized by Greeks, it was first said to be the Amazon district.

Names:
Amazons (Greek characters) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
Amazon (Greek characters) (English,A,N)
Amazzone (Italian-P,D,N)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Greek iconography> (P)
........<Greek characters> (G)
............Amazons (Greek characters) (I)
Related Iconography:
is actor for .... Battle of Herakles and the Amazons
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek narratives, Battles of Amazons (Greco-Roman narratives), Battle of Herakles and the Amazons (Greco-Roman narrative)) [901001820]
is actor for .... Battles of Amazons
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek narratives, Battles of Amazons (Greco-Roman narratives)) [901002144]
associated with .... Hippolyta
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek characters, Hippolyta (Greek character)) [901000727]

Sources:
Amazons (Greek characters)
................Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) 95B(story of) the Amazons
................J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) sh 85004138
Amazon (Greek characters)
................J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
Amazzone
................ICCD database (1988-)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) 95B(story of) the Amazons
................ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) sh 85004138
................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
................ J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-) http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/7598/kleophrades-painter-attic-red-figure-volute-krater-greek-attic-about-490-bc/?dz=#0967822df1b12ec8fe04497a8fcdace80d74007d
................ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/253373

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