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    Amazonomachy from the shield of the Parthenos
    In this group (bottom left of the shield) it is not clear whether the Amazon is being helped by a Greek (in which case, the friendly Antiope) or stabbed.
    Copy at full size, 0.92 x 1.30 m
    2nd century CE
    Piraeus, Museum

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