Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Plates
- Preface
- Introduction: Amazons in Love, War, and Mind – Their Significance in Ancient Greek Culture
- 1 Approaching Amazons
- 2 Amazons in Battle: Weapons, Mind, and Body
- 3 Sex and Motherhood
- 4 A Duel of Death and Desire: Penthesilea vs. Achilles
- 5 Heracles’ Amazon Labour: Delphi, Olympia, and Colonial Worlds
- 6 Shipwreck and Reptiles: The Queens of Southern Russia
- 7 Amazon Cities in Asia: Themiscyra, Ephesus, and Halicarnassus
- 8 The Pride of Athens
- 9 Artemis vs. Aphrodite: Greek Women Go Amazon
- 10 Alexander the Great and the Amazon Queen
- 11 Conclusions: Amazon Realities
- Bibliography
- Index
- Plates
7 - Amazon Cities in Asia: Themiscyra, Ephesus, and Halicarnassus
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 March 2025
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Plates
- Preface
- Introduction: Amazons in Love, War, and Mind – Their Significance in Ancient Greek Culture
- 1 Approaching Amazons
- 2 Amazons in Battle: Weapons, Mind, and Body
- 3 Sex and Motherhood
- 4 A Duel of Death and Desire: Penthesilea vs. Achilles
- 5 Heracles’ Amazon Labour: Delphi, Olympia, and Colonial Worlds
- 6 Shipwreck and Reptiles: The Queens of Southern Russia
- 7 Amazon Cities in Asia: Themiscyra, Ephesus, and Halicarnassus
- 8 The Pride of Athens
- 9 Artemis vs. Aphrodite: Greek Women Go Amazon
- 10 Alexander the Great and the Amazon Queen
- 11 Conclusions: Amazon Realities
- Bibliography
- Index
- Plates
- Type
- Chapter
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- AmazonsThe History Behind the Legend, pp. 165 - 194Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2025