It’s complicated, because there are various stories about the Amazons, but in one important version they were defeated by the Athenians under Theseus, and his son Hippolytus is the son of the Amazon Hippolyte. But they show up a generation or so later at the end of the Trojan War – Achilles falls in love with Penthesileia just at the moment when he kills her – there’s a great black figure vase illustrating this. There is no reliable historical evidence for the Amazons, so writers or artists can make use of them any way they want.
ejcapulet almost 15 years ago
He’d just love the Amazons.
lewisbower almost 15 years ago
In Greek mythology, what happened to the Amazons?
lonecat almost 15 years ago
It’s complicated, because there are various stories about the Amazons, but in one important version they were defeated by the Athenians under Theseus, and his son Hippolytus is the son of the Amazon Hippolyte. But they show up a generation or so later at the end of the Trojan War – Achilles falls in love with Penthesileia just at the moment when he kills her – there’s a great black figure vase illustrating this. There is no reliable historical evidence for the Amazons, so writers or artists can make use of them any way they want.
ottod Premium Member almost 15 years ago
Opened an online store.