De Martesia & Lampedone reginis amazonu · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: De Martesia & Lampedone reginis amazonu
Subject: Women; Roman Mythology; Greek Mythology; Amazons
Period: 1450-1500;
Geographic: Thermodon; Anatolia; Themiscyra
Description: This engraving depicts the queens of the Amazons, Martesia and Lampedo. The Amazons, as described by Boccaccio, were a group of widows who decided to take up arms and fight to avenge their husbands’ deaths. They began dedicating their lives to training in riding horse-back, archery, and other military skills. The Amazons elected Lampedo and Martesia to be their queens. Lampedo is depicted with a bow and arrow in her right hand as she rides her horse, with her name engraved above her head. Martesia is illustrated looking at Lampedo with a sword in her hand. Her name is engraved to the right of her sword. The women riding behind them are other Amazon women.
Image Creator: Anonymous (Engraver)
Type: Text; Woodcut Engraving
Identifier: mta:11911
Language: lat
Source Name: De Claris Mulieribus
Parent Collection: 1473 Ulm; 1473 Ulm
Image: mta_11911_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Early Modern Women
Subject: Women; Roman Mythology; Greek Mythology; Amazons