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- Amazons - Wikipedia
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
- Amazon | Greek Mythology Facts | Britannica
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
- Amazons – Mythopedia
The Amazons were a race of warrior women famous for their military prowess and bravery The Greeks, whose society (and mythology) was dominated by the ideal of the male warrior, grudgingly referred to them as “equal to men ” The Amazons lived somewhere at the edge of the Greek world, around the Black Sea, in a city called Themiscyra
- Warrior women of ancient Greece: the legend of the Amazons
The Amazons were a mythical tribe of warrior women in ancient Greek mythology Their existence was first documented by the Greek historian Herodotus in the 5th century BCE, but the origins of the legend date back even earlier, to the time of Homer
- Amazons in Greek Mythology: Depiction, Location, Queens Famous . . .
The Amazons in ancient Greek mythology refer to a group of female warriors and hunters that were revered for their physical prowess and sheer strength comparable to the bravest of men According to the myths, the Amazons were led by some very astounding queens like Otrera, Hippolyte (or Hippolyta), Penthesilea and Thalestris
- Amazon Women - World History Encyclopedia
In Greek mythology, the Amazons were a race of warlike women noted for their riding skills, courage, and pride, who lived at the outer limits of the known world, sometimes specifically mentioned as the city of Themiskyra on the Black Sea
- The Amazons, the One-Breasted Women - Greek Myths | Greeka
In the ancient times, they were said to be a tribe of independent, mighty women who had rebelled against the men-dominated society They used to live in isolate places, exclude men from their society and make wars against them Today, we can call them as the first extreme feminists
- Amazons - Greek Mythology
The Amazons were a race of female warriors in Greek mythology, who dwelt in the region of modern-day Ukraine Two of the best known Amazon queens were Penthesilea, who took part in the Trojan War, and her sister Hippolyta, who was the owner of a magical girdle, given to her by the god of war Ares
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