Theseus's abduction of Antiope.

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Theseus's abduction of Antiope from the west pediment of the Temple of Apollo Daphnephoros, 520 BC. The temple was destroyed in 490 BC during the Greco-Persian Wars. Antiope was the Queen of the Amazons and her abduction was depicted showing Theseus, below driving a chariot - now lost, whilst holding Antiope with his left arm. Eretria Archaeological Museum.

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