- Information
- tribe of warrior women
- Children of
- π€ Aphrodite π€ Ares
- Led by
- π€ Cyme π€ Hippolyte (Amazon I) π€ Melanippe (Amazon)
- Founder of
- π Cyme Phriconis (Ionia) π Ephesos (Asia Minor) π Myrine (Mysia) π Smyrna (Ionia)
- Eponym of
- π River Amazonios (alt. Tanais) π the Amazonian Mountains (Themiscyra) π the Plain of the Amazons (Themiscyra)
- Settles in
- π Caria (Asia Minor) π Lake Maiotis (Pontos) π Lydia (Asia Minor) π Mysia (Argolid)
- Creates
- π the Sanctuary of Artemis (Ephesos)ποΈ the Temple of Artemis (Ephesos)
- Buried at
- ποΈ the Amazoneion (Chalcis) ποΈ the Tombs of the Amazons (Athens) ποΈ the Tombs of the Amazons (Chaironeia)ποΈ the Tombs of the Amazons (Cynoscephalai)ποΈ the Tombs of the Amazons (Libya) ποΈ the Tombs of the Amazons (Megara)ποΈ the Tombs of the Amazons (Scotoussa)
- Subgroups
- π₯ the Contingent of Amazons at Troy (defenders)
- Includes
- π€ Antiope (Amazon) π€ Cyme π€ Epistrophos (Halizonian) π€ Hippo (Amazon)π€ Hippolyte (Amazon I) π€ Hippolyte (Amazon II) π€ Lysippe (Scythian) π€ Melanippe (Amazon) π€ Molpadia (Amazon) π€ Myrine π€ Myrto π€ Mytilene (Amazon)π€ Odios (Halizonian) π€ Otrera π€ Penthesileia π€ Pitane (Amazon)π€ Priene π€ Sisyrba π€ Smyrna (Amazon) π€ Sphinx (rationalized)
- Cult sites
- π Athens (Attica)
- Depictions
- π Athens (Attica) π Olympia (Elis) π the Acropolis of Athens (Athens)π the Agora of Athens (Athens) π the Sanctuary of Olympian Zeus (Athens) π the Sanctuary of Theseus (Athens)π the Sanctuary of Zeus (Olympia) π the Statue of Athena Parthenos (Athens)π the Stoa Poikile (Athens)π the Temple of Athena Parthenos (Athens)π the Temple of Zeus (Olympia) π the Throne of Olympian Zeus (Olympia) ποΈ Attic Black-Figure Amphora attributed to the Dot Band Class (JECM GV105)ποΈ Attic Black-Figure Hydria attributed to the Acheloos Painter (Nicholson NM46.4)ποΈ Attic Black-Figure Kylix attributed to the Caylus Painter (Otago E48.228; Beazley 331957)ποΈ Attic Black-Figure Lekythos (CAMU Ξ 325)ποΈ Attic Black-Figure Lekythos (CAMU Ξ 43)ποΈ Attic Black-Figure Lekythos (Nicholson NM2011.7)ποΈ Attic Black-Figure Lekythos attributed to the Diosphos Painter (ANU 1962.02; Beazley 361427)ποΈ Attic Black-Figure Lip Cup (Logie Collection 1.53; Beazley 6727)ποΈ Attic Black-Figure Neck Amphora (Te Papa GH011680)ποΈ Attic Black-Figure Neck Amphora attributed to the Painter of Villa Giulia M.482 (Nicholson NM98.25)ποΈ Attic Black-Figure Oenochoe attributed to Class of WΓΌrzburg 346 (AM 29699; Beazley 320447)ποΈ Attic Black-Figure Oinochoe (CAMU Ξ 575)ποΈ Attic Black-Figure Olpe attributed to the Dot Ivy Group (VUW 1957.2)ποΈ Attic Black-Figure Skyphos (CAMU Ξ 352)ποΈ Attic Red-Figure Hydria (MAN 11126; Beazley 9002701; LIMC Amazones 309)ποΈ Attic Red-figure Calyx Krater (CAMU Ξ 819; Beazley 9034451; LIMC Pegasos (Pegasos, Bellerophon) 236)ποΈ Boiotian Black-Figure Kylix (Cyclades 753)ποΈ Corinthian Red-Figure Column Krater in the manner of the Naples Painter (RD Milns 87.208; Beazley 10350)ποΈ Etruscan Marble Cinerary Urn (Nicholson NMR.1017.1-2)ποΈ Fragment of Attic Red-Figure Calyx Krater (Nicholson NM51.29)ποΈ Fragment of Terracotta Relief Vase (CAMU Ξ 2118)ποΈ Roman Polychrome Clay Flask (ANU 1965.38; LIMC Pegasos 237)
- Related Entities
- π Alope (Thessaly) π Athens (Attica) π Attica π Caria (Asia Minor) π Chalcis (Euboia) π Cimmerian Bosporos π Cyme Phriconis (Ionia) π Cynoscephalai (Thessaly) π Ephesos (Asia Minor) π Genethlion (Troizen) π Lake Maiotis (Pontos) π Lydia (Asia Minor) π Magnesia (Thessaly) π Megara (Argolid) π Mount Caucasos (Pontos) π Myrine (Mysia) π Mysia (Argolid) π Phrygia π Priene (Asia Minor) π Pygela (Asia Minor)π Rhous (Megarid) π River Amazonios (alt. Tanais) π River Hybristes (unlocatable) π River Istros (Europe) π River Mermadalis (Albania) π River Sangarios (Phrygia) π River Tanais (Scythia) π River Thermodon (Boiotia) π River Thermodon (Pontos) π River Xanthos (Lycia) π Salmydessos (Thrace) π Scotoussa (Thessaly) π Scythia π Smyrna (Ionia) π Themiscyra (Pontos) π Troy (Troad) π the Acropolis of Athens (Athens)π the Amazonian Mountains (Themiscyra) π the Ardettos (Athens) π the Areiopagos (Athens) π the Camp of the Amazons (Themiscyra) π the Caspian Seaπ the Mouseion (Athens) π the Plain of the Amazons (Themiscyra) π the Pnyx (Athens) π the Sanctuaries of Apollo Amazonios and Artemis Astrateia (Laconia) π the Sanctuary of Artemis (Ephesos)π the Sanctuary of Olympian Zeus (Athens) π the Sanctuary of Theseus (Athens)π the Sanctuary of the Semnai (Athens) ποΈ the Amazoneion (Athens) ποΈ the Amazoneion (Chalcis) ποΈ the Horcomosion (Athens)ποΈ the Palladion (Athens) ποΈ the Sanctuary of Apollo Lyceios (Athens)ποΈ the Sanctuary of Chalcodon (Athens)ποΈ the Temple of Artemis (Ephesos) ποΈ the Temple of Artemis Lyceia (Troizen) ποΈ the Tombs of the Amazons (Athens) ποΈ the Tombs of the Amazons (Chaironeia)ποΈ the Tombs of the Amazons (Cynoscephalai)ποΈ the Tombs of the Amazons (Libya) ποΈ the Tombs of the Amazons (Megara)ποΈ the Tombs of the Amazons (Scotoussa)πΊ the Club of Heracles πΊ the Cult Statue of Artemis of Ephesos πΊ the Statue of Apollo Amazonios πΊ the Statue of Artemis Astrateia πΊ the Sword of Heracles π€ Achilles π€ Anteia π€ Antimachos (Athenian?) π€ Antiope (Amazon) π€ Aphrodite π€ Apollo π€ Ares π€ Artemis π€ Athena π€ Bellerophon π€ Cyme π€ Dionysos π€ Hera π€ Heracles π€ Hippo (Amazon)π€ Hippolyte (Amazon I) π€ Hippolyte (Amazon II) π€ Hippolytos (Troizenian) π€ Io π€ Iobates π€ Iolaos π€ Lysippe (Scythian) π€ Melanippe (Amazon) π€ Molpadia (Amazon) π€ Mygdon (Phrygian) π€ Myrine π€ Myrto π€ Mytilene (Amazon)π€ Otrera π€ Otreus π€ Pegasos (horse) π€ Peleus π€ Penthesileia π€ Phaidra π€ Phobos π€ Pitane (Amazon)π€ Priam π€ Priene π€ Proitos (Argive) π€ Prometheus (fire-stealer) π€ Sisyrba π€ Smyrna (Amazon) π€ Sphinx (rationalized) π€ Telamon (Salamian) π€ Theseus π₯ the Arimaspians π₯ the Contingent of Amazons at Troy (defenders)π₯ the Griffons π₯ the Halizones contingent at Troy (defenders) π₯ the Leleges of Asia Minor π₯ the Lydians π₯ the Solymoi π the Statue of Athena Parthenos (Athens)π the Stoa Poikile (Athens)π the Throne of Olympian Zeus (Olympia)
- Appears in
- π Aithiopis Argumentum 1 Westπ Theseis fr. 1 Westπ Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 700-740π Apollodoros, Epitome 1.16π Apollodoros, Epitome 1.16-1.17π Apollodoros, Epitome 1.17π Apollodoros, Epitome 5.1π Apollodoros, Epitome 5.1-5.2π Apollodoros, Library 2.3.2π Apollodoros, Library 2.5.9π Bacchylides, Odes 9π Callimachus, Hymn to Artemis 225-258π D-Scholia, Iliad 3.189π Diodoros, Library 3.55.4-3.55.11π Dionysios Periegetes 652-660π Dionysios Periegetes 772-779π Dionysios Periegetes 826-829π Euripides, Hippolytos 307-352π Homer, Iliad 3.181-3.190π Homer, Iliad 6.143-6.190π Lucian, Anacharsis 34π Palaiphatos, On Unbelievable Stories 32π Palaiphatos, On Unbelievable Stories 4π Pausanias 1.15.2π Pausanias 1.17.2π Pausanias 1.2.1π Pausanias 1.25.2π Pausanias 1.41.7π Pausanias 2.31.4π Pausanias 2.32.9π Pausanias 3.25.3π Pausanias 4.31.8π Pausanias 5.11.4π Pausanias 5.11.7π Pausanias 7.2.7π Pausanias 7.2.8π Pausanias 8.14.12π Pindar, Nemean 3 19-42π Pindar, Olympian 13 40-92π Pindar, Olympian 8 25-52π Plutarch, Theseus 27.1-27.6π Plutarch, Theseus 27.5-27.6π Plutarch, Theseus 28.1-28.2π Pomponius Mela 1.105π Pomponius Mela 1.109π Pomponius Mela 1.115-1.116π Pomponius Mela 1.12-1.13π Pomponius Mela 1.88π Pomponius Mela 1.90π Pomponius Mela 3.39π Ps-Plutarch, On Rivers 14π Strabo 1.3.7π Strabo 11.5.1-11.5.4π Strabo 12.3.14π Strabo 12.3.20-12.3.25π Strabo 12.3.9π Strabo 12.8.6π Strabo 13.3.6π Strabo 14.1.4
- Mentioned in Text
- Aithiopis TheseisAeschylus, Prometheus BoundApollodoros, EpitomeApollodoros, LibraryBacchylides, OdesCallimachus, Hymn to ArtemisD-Scholia, IliadDiodoros, LibraryDionysios PeriegetesEuripides, HippolytosHomer, IliadLucian, AnacharsisPalaiphatos, On Unbelievable StoriesPausaniasPindar, Nemean 3Pindar, Olympian 13Pindar, Olympian 8Plutarch, TheseusPomponius MelaPs-Plutarch, On RiversStrabo