Amazonomachy
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Synonym of Amazonomachia (“a battle with Amazons (“mythical female warriors thought to inhabit the Black Sea region”); also (art), an artistic representation of such a scene”).
"The usual themes are mythological, and of these certain ones enjoyed especial popularity. A few great mythical contests, viz., that of the Gods against the Giants, those of the Greeks against Centaurs, against Amazons, and against Trojans, supply subject matter to an impressively large number of decorative Greek sculptures. Of these themes the centauromachies and amazonomachies were the most often repeated."
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More examples"The usual themes are mythological, and of these certain ones enjoyed especial popularity. A few great mythical contests, viz., that of the Gods against the Giants, those of the Greeks against Centaurs, against Amazons, and against Trojans, supply subject matter to an impressively large number of decorative Greek sculptures. Of these themes the centauromachies and amazonomachies were the most often repeated."
Etymology
Alteration of Amazonomachia, after -machy (suffix forming nouns with the sense ‘battle, fight’). Amazonomachia is either borrowed from French Amazonomachie or German Amazonomachie, or is a direct learned borrowing from their etymon Ancient Greek Ἀμαζονομᾰχῐ́ᾱ (Amazonomăkhĭ́ā), from Ἀμαζών (Amazṓn, “mythical female warrior from the Black Sea region”) (for further etymology see that entry) + μᾰ́χη (mắkhē, “battle, combat”) (either ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂gʰ- (“to fight”) or Pre-Greek) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, suffix forming feminine abstract nouns).
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