An
Amazonomachy (
English translation: "Amazon battle"; plural,
Amazonomachiai Ἀμαζονομαχίαι (Ancient Greek) or
Amazonomachies Αμαζονομαχίες (Modern Greek)) was a portrayal of legendary battle between
Greeks and
Amazons. The mythic all-female warrior society succumbed to the likes of
Heracles and
Theseus, and symbolised the triumph of Greek or Macedonian civilization over the
barbarian.
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