Les Amazones : des phobies masculines aux rêves de femmes…

The article highlights some of the manipulations and mystifications that surround the Amazons, quintessential example of warrior women, in the treatises on “phylogyny” and in 16th century epic. This –non exhaustive– study stems from a more systematic investigation on the comparison between the vario...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Frédérique Verrier
Format: Article
Language:fra
Published: École Normale Supérieure de Lyon Editions 2001-10-01
Series:Laboratoire Italien
Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/laboratoireitalien/287
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Summary:The article highlights some of the manipulations and mystifications that surround the Amazons, quintessential example of warrior women, in the treatises on “phylogyny” and in 16th century epic. This –non exhaustive– study stems from a more systematic investigation on the comparison between the various rhetorical uses of the warrior women (in biographies, treatises, historiography, epic).
ISSN:1627-9204
2117-4970