Athenian Amazoneion and Amazonomachy in Plutarch’s Life of Theseus

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14195/0258-655X_22_2

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Cleidemus, Amazons, Pnyx, Olympeion, Topography, Antiope

Abstract

In the description of the battle that the Amazons fought against the Athenians in Athens, Cleidemus and Plutarch state that the left wing of the invaders’ formation stood next to the so-called Amazoneion. Based on the assumption that this toponym refers to the Amazons’ camp on the Areopagus hill, scholars have interpreted the description of the battle as confused and hard to understand. This problem can be resolved under the assumption that the Amazoneion was the monument of a fallen Amazon in the sanctuary of the Olympian Gaia.

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2025-12-15

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Vol. 22 (2025): Ploutarchos

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