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The Amazons (Ancient Greek: Ἀμαζόνες Amazónes, singular Ἀμαζών Amazōn; in Latin Amāzon, -ŏnis) were a people in Greek mythology, portrayed in a number of ancient epic poems and legends, such as the Labours of Heracles, the Argonautica and the Iliad They were female warriors and hunters, known for their physical agility
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Searching for the Amazons: The Real Warrior Women of the Ancient World New York: Pegasus Books, 2018 Mayor, Adrienne The Amazons: Lives and Legends of Warrior Women across the Ancient World Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2014 Ridgway, Brunilde Sismondo “A Story of Five Amazons ” American Journal of Archaeology 78 (1974): 1
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Amazon, in Greek mythology, member of a race of women warriors The story of the Amazons probably originated as a variant of a tale recurrent in many cultures, that of a distant land organized oppositely from one’s own The ascribed habitat of the Amazons necessarily became more remote as Greek geographic knowledge developed
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Amazons Fighting Greek Heroes Hercules Hippolyte The first meeting between Greeks and Amazons, according to mythology, was when Hercules was sent by Eurystheus, the king of Mycenae, Tiryns, and Argos, on one of his celebrated twelve labours (the 9th), this time to fetch the girdle of the Amazon queen Hippolyte The girdle was given by her father Ares, and the task was set by Eurystheus
- Warrior women of ancient Greece: the legend of the Amazons
The legend of the Amazons, a tribe of fierce warrior women, has captured the imaginations of people for centuries From ancient Greek mythology to modern pop culture, the story of the Amazons has been retold and reimagined time and time again But what is the truth behind the myth? Were the Amazons simply a figment of the ancient Greeks' imagination, or were they based on real women who lived
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The Origins and Mythology of the Amazons The Amazons, fearsome daughters of Ares, the Olympian god of war, are among the most enigmatic figures in Greek mythology Shrouded in mystery and intrigue, they were said to inhabit distant lands far beyond the edge of the “civilized world,” in the Pontic-Caspian steppe of Scythia and Sarmatia, north of the Black and Caspian Seas—regions known
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The Amazons are said to have founded the cities and temples of Smyrna, Sinope, Cyme, Gryne, Ephesus, Pitania, Magnesia, Clete, Pygela, Latoreria and Amastris The Amazons were a popular subject of Greek art and were often painted onto pottery Legend has it that the Amazons were one-breasted women Legends say that the women removed a breast in
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The Amazons appeared frequently in Greek myth and legend One of the 12 labors of Hercules* was to capture the belt of the Amazon queen Hippolyta When Hercules reached the land of the Amazons, Hippolyta received him warmly and agreed to give him her belt But Hera, queen of the gods, convinced the rest of the Amazons that Hercules was
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