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Amazonomachies

Amazonomachies is the plural of Amazonomachy.

Meaning of Amazonomachy

Noun

Amazonomachy (plural Amazonomachies)

  1. (Ancient Greece) Synonym of Amazonomachia (“a battle with Amazons (“mythical female warriors thought to inhabit the Black Sea region”); also (art), an artistic representation of such a scene”).
    • The usual themes are mythological, and of these certain ones enjoyed especial popularity. A few great mythical contests, viz., that of the Gods against the Giants, those of the Greeks against Centaurs, against Amazons, and against Trojans, supply subject matter to an impressively large number of...1920, F[rank] B[igelow] Tarbell, “Centauromachy and Amazonomachy in Greek Art: The Reasons for Their Popularity”, in William Nickerson Bates, editor, American Journal of Archaeology, volume XXIV (2nd...
    Synonyms:
    Amazonomachia

Questions about Amazonomachies

What is Amazonomachies the plural of?
Amazonomachies is the plural of Amazonomachy.

Words near Amazonomachies in the dictionary

  1. amazonitic
  2. Amazonomachia
  3. Amazonomachiae
  4. Amazonomachiai
  5. Amazonomachias
  6. Amazonomachies
  7. Amazonomachy
  8. amazons
  9. amazonstone
  10. amazonstones
  11. amaZulu

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