The Amazons

Lives and Legends of Warrior Women across the Ancient World

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Adrienne Mayor

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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

February 9th, 2016

Author

Adrienne Mayor

Audiences

General (US: Trade)
Tertiary Education (US: College)

Illustrations

10 maps

Pages

544

Dimensions

127x203x38

ISBN-13

9780691170275

Product ID

23831247

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