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| Keywords: Beldam Painter - Three Amazons - Walters 48249 - Left.jpg Three Amazons on this black-figure lekythos face right and appear to march one after the other Their skin is white but their facial features eroded or rubbed away are indistinguishable Each wears a helmet holds a long spear and has a horizontal quiver The middle figure holds both hands near her waist; the other two have one hand raised Amazons are first mentioned in the Iliad 6 186 as allies of the Trojans; later authors emphasize their fearlessness and their status as foreigners They were introduced on Attic vases in the early 6th century BC and quickly became a popular subject Early black-figure depictions of Amazons resemble Greek warriors with one notable difference-their white skin color which identifies them as women In red-figure vases the Amazons acquire more feminine features and bodies and their foreigness is emphasized by their attire Scythian or Thracian clothing and subsequently Persian garb In some places in Greece Amazons were the object of cult Jennifer Larson 1995 111-16 has suggested that despite the fact that they were considered hostile to the Greeks their complete otherness from the Greek way of life also gave them protective powers and entitled them to be worshiped as heroines ca 500 BC terracotta cm 20 5 6 accession number 48 249 62 Joseph Brummer New York date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1924 Heroes Mortals and Myths in Ancient Greece The Walters Art Museum Baltimore; Frist Center for the Visual Arts Nashville; San Diego Museum Of Art San Diego; Alexander S Onassis Public Benefit Foundation USA New York 2009-2011 place of origin Attica Greece Walters Art Museum license Ancient Greek black-figure pottery in the Walters Art Museum Beldam Painter Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs artist update | ||||
