Adrienne Mayor
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A feature over at Smithsonian Magazine … not sure if someone should mention specifying ‘women’ in regards to the Amazons is somewhat redundant, but then again, it might be necessary for search engine purposes: The Amazon Women: Is There Any Truth Behind the Myth? (Smithsonian) If you want a bit more depth, check out Adrienne…
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Adrienne Mayor pens (keyboards?) an interesting item over at Wonders and Marvels … here’s a tease: The Amazon strides along, dressed in a tunic and leather boots, carrying her crescent shield and trusty battle-axe. At first glance the image on the ancient coin looks like a typical ancient Amazon, those mythical warrior women modeled on…
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This is yet another one which I could have sworn I had posted, but which I can’t find when I look for it. A very interesting article by Adrienne Mayor (and several others … it’s a pdf): Making Sense of “Nonsense” Inscriptions: Non-Greek Words Associated with Amazons and Scythians on Ancient Greek Vases … to…
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I don’t think we mentioned that, subsequent to all the news coverage about the possible poisoning of Alexander, Adrienne Mayor’s ‘working paper’ on the subject became available at the Princeton/Stanford Working Papers in Classics site: The Deadly Styx River and the Death of Alexander (pdf) Here’s the abstract: Plutarch, Arrian, Diodorus, Justin, and other ancient…
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