Cultural depictions of queens

chess piece, able to move any number of squares vertically, horizontally or diagonally

Athalie (, sometimes translated Athalia) is a 1691 play, the final tragedy of Jean Racine, and has been described as the masterpiece of "one of the greatest literary artists known" and the "ripest work" of Racine's genius. Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve deemed it comparable to Oedipus Rex in beauty, with "the true God added." August Wilhelm Schlegel thought Athalie to be "animated by divine breath"; other critics have regarded the poetics of drama in the play to be superior to those of Aristotle.

pair of ivory pendant masks from Benin at The Met Museum and the British Museum

oratorio by Georg Friedrich Händel

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The equestrian statue of Queen Amina is a remarkable monument located in Kaduna, Nigeria, dedicated to one of Africa's legendary female leaders, Queen Amina of Zazzau.