Slab from the Amazon frieze 12
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Slab from the Amazon frieze 12
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Published 2017-07-25T16:32:53+00:00
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This, the best preserved of the three friezes from the Mausoleum, shows the expedition by Herakles and Theseus to Themiskyra, and the subsequent battle with the Amazons. This subject was a common theme in Greek art, but it was particularly relevant to Maussollos.
According to Karian tradition, an axe owned by the Amazon queen, Hippolyte, was housed at Labraunda, the ancestral sanctuary of the Hekatomnid dynasty. Hippolyte is shown in combat with Herakles on one frieze slab. This important scene may have had a prominent position on the monument, perhaps at the centre of the east side.
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| Date published | 25/07/2017 |
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| Title | Slab from the Amazon frieze 12 |
| Date | ca 350 B.C. |
| Period | Classical Greek |
| Medium | stone |
| Artist | Unknown artist |
| Place | British Museum |
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