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Lives and Legends of Warrior Women across the Ancient World
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Amazons--fierce warrior women dwelling on the fringes of the known world--were the mythic archenemies of the ancient Greeks. Heracles and Achilles displayed their valor in duels with Amazon queens, and the Athenians reveled in their victory over a powerful Amazon army. In historical times, Cyrus of Persia, Alexander the Great, and the Roman general

Author Biography:

Adrienne Mayor is a research scholar in classics and history of science at Stanford University, and the author of The Poison King: The Life and Legend of Mithradates, Rome's Deadliest Enemy (Princeton), which was a finalist for the National Book Award.
Release date NZ
September 22nd, 2014
Audiences
  • General (US: Trade)
  • Tertiary Education (US: College)
Illustrations
10 maps
Pages
536
Dimensions
152x229x31
ISBN-13
9780691147208
Product ID
22332993

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