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Adrienne Mayor

The Amazons

Lives and Legends of Warrior Women across the Ancient World

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Amazons--fierce warrior women dwelling on the fringes of the known world--were the mythic archenemies of the ancient Greeks. Heracles and Achilles displayed their valor in duels with Amazon queens, and the Athenians reveled in their victory over a powerful Amazon army. In historical times, Cyrus of Persia, Alexander the Great, and the Roman general Pompey tangled with Amazons. But just who were these bold barbarian archers on horseback who gloried in fighting, hunting, and sexual freedom? Were Amazons real? In this deeply researched, wide-ranging, and lavishly illustrated book, National Book Award finalist Adrienne Mayor presents the Amazons… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-0-691-17027-5
  • EAN: 9780691170275
  • Produktnummer: 19304927
  • Verlag: University Presses
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
  • Seitenangabe: 544 S.
  • Masse: H20.3 cm x B13.1 cm x D3.7 cm 515 g
  • Abbildungen: 15 color illus. 71 halftones. 10 maps., Karten
  • Gewicht: 515

Über den Autor


Adrienne Mayor is a research scholar in classics and history of science at Stanford University, and the author of The Poison King: The Life and Legend of Mithradates, Rome's Deadliest Enemy (Princeton), which was a finalist for the National Book Award.

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