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Alabastron (Perfume Bottle) from Athens, Greece dated around 470 BCE on display in the British Museum in London, England

This bottle shows an armed Amazon wearing armour and trousers. The Amazons were a group of warrior women whom the Greeks believed to live North of the Black Sea. Unlike Greek women, they are often represented as wearing trousers, a long sleeved top, and a cuirass like the one here. The Amazon on this bottle also carries a shield with an attached patterned cloth and a quiver.

Photographs taken by myself 2020

mote-historie: “Kay Nielsen, The Twelve Dancing Princesses, illustration from, In Powder and Crinoline: Old Fairy Tales, retold by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, pub.1913. Don’t drink! cried out the little Princess, springing to her feet; “I would rather...

mote-historie:

Kay Nielsen, The Twelve Dancing Princesses, illustration from, In Powder and Crinoline: Old Fairy Tales, retold by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, pub.1913.

Don’t drink! cried out the little Princess, springing to her feet; “I would rather marry a gardener!”