Relief slab from a frieze depicting an Amazonomachy. Circa mid-4th c. BCE.

Relief slab from a frieze depicting an Amazonomachy. Circa mid-4th c. BCE. Made of Pentelic marble. Found in Athens. Probably part of the frieze of a funerary monument in the form of a naiskos.It depicts two Amazons fighting a nude Greek warrior. Attributed to the school of Bryaxis or Timotheos.

Exhibited at the National Archaeological Museum in Athens, Greece.

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Amazon Art Athens Attica Classical Funerary Marble Martial National Archaeological Museum Original Photo Relief