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English
Etymology
Ancient Greek Ἀμαζονομαχία (Amazonomakhía).
Pronunciation
Noun
Amazonomachy (plural Amazonomachies)
- A battle with Amazons, especially their defeat by men; an artistic representation of such a scene.
1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae:The Amazonomachia, or Amazon contest, symbolized the struggle of civilization against barbarism.
1998, The Oxford Companion to Classical Civilisation, Oxford, published 2004, page 31:Heracles' ninth labour was to fetch the girdle of the Amazon queen, Hippolyte, resulting in another Amazonomachy (Apollod. 4. 16).
Translations
artistic representation of a battle with Amazons