Amazones. Métamorphoses d’un mythe

The exhibition Amazons: Metamorphoses of a Myth brings together nearly three hundred works at the Louvre to trace the changing depictions of these warrior women from antiquity to the present day. Arranged in five sections, it brings periods and images into dialogue around a central question: how did a people imagined by the Greeks become a continually reinvented cultural reference?

Penthesilea and Hippolyta appear alongside other figures of power and resistance, including Tomyris, Thalestris and Théroigne de Méricourt. The Agojie of Dahomey and Wonder Woman extend this exploration to more recent uses of the myth. These juxtapositions reveal what carries over from one representation to the next, as well as the shifts in meaning that accompany each new incarnation.

The opening sections explore how the Amazon figure took shape in antiquity and examine Amazonomachies—scenes of combat between Greeks and women warriors. Drawing on history, archaeology and gender studies, the exhibition is as interested in the societies that produced these images as in the heroines they depict.

Practical information
- Hall Napoléon.
- Wednesday to Monday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; open until 9 p.m. on Wednesdays and Fridays. Closed on Tuesdays and 1 May.
- Last admission one hour before closing; galleries are cleared thirty minutes before closing.