#athenianvase #amazon #horserider #scythian #sarmatian #costume #classicalgreekceramic #equestrian #barebackriding
This is perhaps one of the more realistic depictions of an #Amazon?
Herodotus claimed one group of Amazons married into a Scythian tribe and founded the Sarmatians.
The amount of detail on this work suggests a live model to me?
As I've stated before perhaps some women from Southern Russia or Central Asia living or working in Athens as temple or city guards may have been the model for many depictions of Amazons.
Its also a splendid depiction of horseback riding with no saddle and how much smaller ancient riding horses were and proof its taken centuries to breed up horses to the taller larger amounts we have today.
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