We are starting registrations for the second activity within the museum education project carried out in partnership with the HaiHui Association under the words: "Apoikia - Home away from home". The theme of the activity is: "Queen Hypolita and her Amazons".
We meet on Tuesday, April 16, at 16 pm in the space related to the "Overseas Greeks" Exhibition (second floor).
The team made up of Monica Bodea (museographer), Mariana-Cristina Popescu (museographer) and Luminița Bratu (primary teacher) will welcome you with history, stories and... as usual, surprises!
Appointments: 0745392935 (Monica); 0748989347 (Luminita).
Available places: 10 (the activities are aimed at children aged between 6 and 11).
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The Amazons were a tribe of warrior women from the northern Black Sea, first mentioned in Greek mythology. They are said to have been the daughters of Ares, the god of war. Heracles, at the behest of King Eurystheus, was sent to fetch the enchanted girdle of Queen Hippolyta (Queen of the Amazons). Valiant Hippolyta and proud Antiope ruled over the Amazons. The girls were roughly prepared to become Amazons. Accounts of female warriors also exist in China, North and West Africa, but nowhere like the Greeks. The Amazons reportedly threatened Athens five times. A victory over the Amazons had come to be more celebrated than a victory over the Persians.
