[Amazon Women Fighting Their Enemies in Battle] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Amazon Women Fighting Their Enemies in Battle]
Subject: Important Queens; Amazons; Martesia; Lampedo; Greek Mythology; Scythians; Important Women
Period: 1450-1500;
Geographic: Thermodon; Cappadocia
Description: This illustration depicts the Amazons on the left side, with the Scythians on the right. It can be inferred that the Amazons are on the left as their skin is illustrated as being paler in comparison to those on the right, which is how women in antiquity were often depicted. There is also no facial hair on any of the figures on the left side, which further indicated that these are the Amazon women. Boccaccio explains that after the Scythians killed the Amazons husbands, they went to battle to seek vengeance. The Amazon woman at the front of the group on the left side is presumed to be either Martesia or Lampedo, who were the queens of the Amazons.
Image Creator: Anonymous (Illuminator)
Type: Text; Illumination
Identifier: mta:11985
Language: frm
Source Name: De la louenge et vertu des nobles et cleres dames [Of praise and virtue of the noble and clergy women]
Parent Collection: 1493 Paris
Image: mta_11985_OBJ.png