Who Were the Amazons? – Greece Is

Who Were the Amazons? – Greece Is

A current BBC article in regards to the “Witches of Bucha”—a Ukrainian volunteer air protection unit composed largely of ladies—prompted me to mirror on tales of fierce feminine warriors from antiquity: Queen Boudica of the traditional British Iceni tribe, the...
The Parthenon in Color: Shades of the Amazons

The Parthenon in Color: Shades of the Amazons

The polychromy of the Parthenon – the observe of adorning architectural and sculptural components in quite a lot of colours – is a widely known phenomenon. Certainly, within the nineteenth century, students who flocked to the traditional monument in Athens recognized...