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Attic red-figured neck-amphora - now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
This vase shows a battle on foot between Amazons and Greeks. In the center a bearded nude Greek is attacked by two Amazons and tries to escape to left, looking round. The Amazon on his left attacks with a sabre, the one on the right with an axe. Behind the latter a young Greek runs up with a drawn sword in his right. The costume of the Amazons consists of a sleeved and trousered combination under a belted tunic, and an Amazon cap. The one with the axe also wears a mantle.

...neues interessengebiet für die naechsten freien stunden der kommenden tage: war der amazonas ursprünglich nur gut 50 km lang und floss als thermodon ins schwarze meer? greater greece revisited ...