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=== Greek Architecture ===
Depictions of Amazon battles in Greek architecture generally fell into the category of late antique to post-classical architectural sculpture. Examples of this can be found on the west gable of the [[Eretria#Temple of Apollo Daphnephoros|temple of Apollo at Eretria]] (from around the end of the 6th century BC), and on the metopes or friezes at places such as the [[Athenian Treasury|Athenian treasury at Delphi]] (490 BC), the [[Temple of Hephaestus|Hephaestium at Athens]] (450 BC), the [[Temple of Zeus, Olympia|temple of Zeus at Olympia]] (460 BC), the [[Bassae#History of the Temple of Apollo Epicurius|temple of Apollo at Bassae]] (410 BC), the [[Selinunte#The East Hill|east hill at Selinunte]] (470 BC), the [[mausoleum at Halicarnassus]] (350 BC), and the [[Magnesia on the Maeander#:~:text=The city was named Magnesia,mentioned by several ancient writers.|Artemis temple in Magnesia]] (2nd century BC).<ref name=":2" />

After the [[Greco-Persian Wars|Persian Wars]], the Greeks attached greater significance to such battle scenes, referencing the Attic War as a mythological example of Athens’ successful defense against foreign invaders. In particular, this Attic amazonomachy was depicted on places such as the west metope on the [[Parthenon]] (around 440 BC), shield of [[Athena Parthenos]] (around 440 BC), and in the [[Stoa Poikile]] in Athens (460 BC).<ref name=":2" />

==== West Metopes of Parthenon ====
Kalamis, a Greek sculptor, is attributed to designing the west [[metope (architecture)|metopes]] of the [[Parthenon]], a temple on the [[Acropolis of Athens|Athenian Acropolis]] dedicated to the Greek goddess [[Athena]].<ref name="Neils2005">{{cite book|author=Jenifer Neils|title=The Parthenon: From Antiquity to the Present|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gA81kINAI9cC&pg=PA67|date=5 September 2005|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-82093-6|page=67|quote=The Parthenon (Plate 1, Fig. 17) is probably the most celebrated of all Greek temples. }}</ref><ref name="HambidgeFund1924">{{cite book|author1=Jay Hambidge|author2=Yale University. Rutherford Trowbridge Memorial Publication Fund|title=The Parthenon and other Greek temples: their dynamic symmetry|url=https://archive.org/details/parthenonothergr0000hamb|year=1924|publisher=Yale university press}}</ref> The west metopes of the Parthenon depict a battle between Greeks and Amazons. Despite its mutilated state, scholars generally concur that the scene represents the Amazon invasion of [[Attica]].<ref name="auto">Castriota, David (1992). ''Myth, Ethos, and Actuality: Official Art in Fifth Century B.C. Athens''</ref>

==== Shield of Athena Parthenos ====
The shield of [[Athena Parthenos]], sculpted by [[Phidias]], depicts a fallen Amazon. Athena Parthenos was a massive [[chryselephantine]] sculpture of Athena, the main [[cult image]] inside the [[Parthenon]] at Athens, which is now lost, though known from descriptions and small ancient copies.<ref name="auto" />

==== Frieze in Temple of Apollo at Bassae ====
[[File:The Bassai sculptures, marble block from the frieze of the Temple of Apollo Epikourios at Bassae (Greece), Greeks fight Amazons, about 420-400 BC, British Museum (14073518379).jpg|thumb|left|Block from the [[Bassae Frieze]], c. 420-400 BC]]
The [[Bassae Frieze]], from the Temple of [[Apollo]] at [[Bassae]], contains a number of slabs portraying Trojan Amazonomachy and Heraclean Amazonomachy. The Trojan Amazonomachy spans three blocks, displaying the eventual death of Penthesilea at the hands of Achilles. The Heraclean Amazonomachy spans eight blocks and represents the struggle of Heracles to seize the belt of the Amazon queen Hippolyta.<ref>Cooper, Frederick (1992). ''The Temple of Apollo Bassitas: The Sculpture, Volume 2''</ref>

==== Frieze from Mausoleum at Halicarnassus ====
[[File:Amazon Frieze BM GR 1865.7-23.1 n01.jpg|thumb|[[Mausoleum at Halicarnassus]]]]
Several sections of an Amazonomachy [[frieze]] from the [[Mausoleum at Halicarnassus]] are now in the [[British Museum]]. One part depicts [[Heracles]] grasping an Amazon by the hair, while holding a club behind his head in a striking manner. This Amazon is believed to be the Amazon queen [[Hippolyta]]. Behind Heracles is a scene of a Greek warrior clashing shields with an Amazon warrior. Another slab displays a mounted Amazon charging at a Greek, who is defending himself with a raised shield. This Greek is believed to be [[Theseus]], who joined Heracles during his labors.

==== Other ====
[[Micon]] painted the Amazonomachy on the [[Stoa Poikile]] of the [[Ancient Agora of Athens]], which is now lost.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Micon|title=Micon &#124; Greek artist &#124; Britannica|website=www.britannica.com|accessdate=3 March 2023}}</ref>
[[Phidias]] depicted Amazonomachy on the footstool of the [[chryselephantine statue of Zeus]] at [[Olympia, Greece|Olympia]].<ref>{{cite book| last = Woodard| first = Roger D.| title = The Cambridge Companion to Greek Mythology| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=TQyRX6WmMUMC| publisher = [[Cambridge University Press]]|date=January 2008| page = 298| isbn = 978-0-521-60726-1}}</ref>

In 2018, archaeologists discovered relief-decorated shoulder boards made from bronze that were part of a [[breastplate]] of a Greek warrior at a Celtic sacrificial place near the village of [[Slatina nad Bebravou]] in [[Slovakia]]. Deputy of director of Slovak Archaeological Institute said that it is the oldest original Greek art relic in the area of Slovakia. Researchers analyzed the pieces and determined they were once part of a relief that depicted the Amazonomachy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://spectator.sme.sk/c/20822300/archaeologists-find-oldest-greek-relic-in-slovak-area.html|title=Archaeologists find oldest Greek relic in Slovak area|first=Petit Press|last=a.s|date=13 May 2018|website=spectator.sme.sk|accessdate=3 March 2023}}</ref>
[[File:Amazonomachy sarcophagus (Louvre, Ma 2119) side.jpg|thumb|Sarcophagus depicting the battle between Greeks and Amazons.]]