Battle of Greeks and Amazons: Achilles V. Penthesilia circa 480-400 BC

Such battles between Greek heroes and Amazons are frequently found in Greek art - Shakespeare simply says Theseus had a similar encounter to Achilles, above, when he captured Hippolyta before the start of A Midsummer Night's Dream. World Images (California State University): under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 2.5 License.