Imagining the Amazons: Women Warriors in Greco-Roman Art (Image Gallery) p. 7

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by Arienne King
published on 11 June 2021

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Vase Painting of Hercules & Hippolyte

by Metropolitan Museum of Art
published on 10 June 2021

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Another famous episode in Greek mythology was Hercules' quest to obtain the Amazonian queen Hippolyte's girdle as one of his 12 labours. This fragment of an Apulian vase painting depicts Hercules with the Amazonian queen Hippolyte. Terracotta volute-krater attributed to the Baltimore Painter. c. 330–310 BCE.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

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