Amazonomachy

• The Amazons were a mythical race of women who came from Asia Minor
• Amazonomachy is used when discussing the mythical battles between Greeks and Amazons.
• Heracles brought back an Amazonian bride for Theseus as a

  gift. Enraged that Heracles had done this, the Amazons declared war on Athens.
• To defeat the Amazons, Theseus and Heracles led an army of Athenians against them.
• The Amazonomachy came to represent Greece’s triumph over foreign people.