Slabs from the Amazon frieze 5

This shows the expedition by Herakles and Theseus to Themiskyra, and the subsequent battle with the Amazons. This subject was a common theme in Greek art, but it was particularly relevant to Maussollos. According to Karian tradition, an axe owned by the Amazon queen, Hippolyte, was housed at Labraunda, the ancestral sanctuary of the Hekatomnid dynasty. Hippolyte is shown in combat with Herakles on one frieze slab. This important scene may have had a prominent position on the monument, perhaps at the centre of the east side. The frieze was positioned at the top of the podium of the building. A corner block found in the castle of St. Peter at Bodrum, shows that the frieze met at the corners, and probably ran around all four sides of the Mausoleum. The frieze was richly coloured, with the background painted blue, and the flesh of the figures painted deep red, sometimes with added gilding. Weapons, reins, and bridles were sometimes added in metal, according to the preference of a particular sculptor.该作品描绘了赫拉克勒斯（Herakles）与忒修斯（Theseus）远征忒密斯库拉（Themiskyra），以及随后与亚马逊人（Amazons）的战斗。这一题材在希腊艺术中属于常见主题，但与摩索拉斯（Maussollos）有着特殊的关联。根据卡里亚（Karian）的传统，亚马逊女王希波吕忒（Hippolyte）的一柄战斧曾被供奉于赫卡托姆尼德王朝（Hekatomnid dynasty）的祖地圣所拉布拉unda（Labraunda）。在一块浮雕饰带（frieze）板上，希波吕忒正与赫拉克勒斯展开搏斗。这一重要场景在这座陵墓建筑上或许占据核心位置，例如位于东侧立面的中央。该浮雕饰带被安装在建筑基座（podium）的顶部。在博德鲁姆（Bodrum）的圣彼得城堡中发现的一块转角石块表明，饰带在转角处相互衔接，且很可能环绕了摩索拉斯陵墓（Mausoleum）的全部四个立面。该浮雕饰带曾被施以浓艳的色彩：背景以蓝色绘制，人物肌肤则施以深绯色，部分细节还会辅以贴金（gilding）装饰。根据每位雕刻师的个人偏好，武器、缰绳以及马笼头有时会采用金属材质制作。