The amazonomachie , literally “the combat of the Amazones”, is a frequent iconographic topic in the Greek Antiquité and Roman, as one finds represented as well on vases as of the Bas-relief S of monuments or Sarcophage S. They are scenes of combat opposing to these mythical people warlike, supposed women food beyond the Scythes, with Greeks, and in particular with the following heroes: Thésée which captured their queen Hippolyte (or Antiope according to the authors), Achille victorious of Penthésilée in front of Troy, or Héraclès.

Among the most famous monuments comprising in their decoration a amazonomachie, one can quote, in the chronological order:

• the temple of Apollo to Érétrie;
• the Treasury of the Athenians with Delphes;
• the Temple of Apollo Epicourios de Bassae;
• the Mausoleum of Halicarnasse

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