Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté. Image fixe : sans médiation

Auteur(s) : Mayor, Adrienne (1946-....)  Voir les notices liées en tant qu'auteur

Titre(s) : The Amazons [Texte imprimé] : lives and legends of warrior women across the ancient world / Adrienne Mayor

Publication : Princeton : Princeton University press, [2014]

Description matérielle : 1 vol. (xiv, 519 pages) : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Comprend : Atalanta, the Greek Amazon ; Ancient puzzles and modern myths ; Scythia, Amazon homeland ; Sarmatians, a love story ; Bones : archaeology of Amazons ; Breasts : one or two? ; Skin : tattooed Amazons ; Naked Amazons ; Sex and love ; Drugs, dance, and music ; The Amazon way ; Horses, dogs, and eagles ; Who invented trousers? ; Armed and dangerous : weapons and warfare ; Amazon languages and names ; Hippolyte and Heracles ; Antiope and Theseus ; Battle for Athens ; Penthesilea and Achilles at Troy ; Amazons at sea ; Thalestris and Alexander the Great ; Hypsicratea, King Mithradates, and Pompey's Amazons ; Caucasia, crossroads of Eurasia ; Persia, Egypt, North Africa, Arabia ; Amazonistan : Central Asia ; China.

Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages [485]-502) and index
Amazons--fierce warrior women dwelling on the fringes of the known world--were the mythic archenemies of the ancient Greeks. Heracles and Achilles displayed their valor in duels with Amazon queens, and the Athenians reveled in their victory over a powerful Amazon army. In historical times, Cyrus of Persia, Alexander the Great, and the Roman general Pompey tangled with Amazons. But just who were these bold barbarian archers on horseback who gloried in fighting, hunting, and sexual freedom? Were Amazons real? In this deeply researched, wide-ranging, and lavishly illustrated book, National Book Award finalist Adrienne Mayor presents the Amazons as they have never been seen before. This is the first comprehensive account of warrior women in myth and history across the ancient world, from the Mediterranean Sea to the Great Wall of China

Sujet(s) : Femmes militaires -- Histoire  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet
Femmes préhistoriques -- Histoire  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet
Amazones -- Grèce  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet

Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780691147208 (hardcover) (alk. paper). - ISBN 0691147205 (hardcover) (alk. paper)

Identifiant de la notice  : ark:/12148/cb43910514q

Notice n° :  FRBNF43910514 (notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)