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Amazons - fierce warrior women dwelling on the fringes of the known world - were the mythic archenemies of the ancient Greeks. In historical times, Cyrus of Persia, Alexander the Great, and the Roman general Pompey tangled with Amazons. Heracles and Achilles displayed their valor… Celý popis ↓
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Amazons - fierce warrior women dwelling on the fringes of the known world - were the mythic archenemies of the ancient Greeks. In historical times, Cyrus of Persia, Alexander the Great, and the Roman general Pompey tangled with Amazons. Heracles and Achilles displayed their valor in duels with Amazon queens, and the Athenians reveled in their victory over a powerful Amazon army.
Were Amazons real? But just who were these bold barbarian archers on horseback who gloried in fighting, hunting, and sexual freedom? In this deeply researched, wide-ranging, and lavishly illustrated book, National Book Award finalist Adrienne Mayor presents the Amazons as they have never been seen before.
This is the first comprehensive account of warrior women in myth and history across the ancient world, from the Mediterranean Sea to the Great Wall of China. Driven by a detectives curiosity, Mayor unearths long-buried evidence and sifts fact from fiction to show how flesh-and-blood women of the Eurasian steppes were mythologized as Amazons, the equals of men. The result is likely to become a classic.
Parametre
- Výrobca
- Princeton University Press
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