Amazons

<p >The <b>Amazons</b> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek" title="Ancient Greek" >Ancient Greek</a>: Ἀμαζόνες, <i>Amazónes</i>, singular Ἀμαζών, <i>Amazōn</i>) are a nation of all-female warriors in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_mythology" title="Greek mythology" >Greek mythology</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_antiquity" title="Classical antiquity" >Classical antiquity</a>. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herodotus" title="Herodotus" >Herodotus</a> placed them in a region bordering <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scythia" title="Scythia" >Scythia</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarmatians" title="Sarmatians" >Sarmatia</a> (modern territory of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine" title="Ukraine" >Ukraine</a>). Other historiographers place them in<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia_Minor" title="Asia Minor" >Asia Minor</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-0" class="reference" ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazons#cite_note-0" >[1]</a></sup> or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Libya" title="Ancient Libya" >Libya</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-DGRBM_1-0" class="reference" ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazons#cite_note-DGRBM-1" >[2]</a></sup>

Notable queens of the Amazons are <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penthesilea" title="Penthesilea" >Penthesilea</a>, who participated in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trojan_War" title="Trojan War" >Trojan War</a>, and her sister <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippolyta" title="Hippolyta" >Hippolyta</a>, whose magical girdle, given to her by her father <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ares" title="Ares" >Ares</a>, was the object of one of the<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labours_of_Hercules" title="Labours of Hercules" >labours of Hercules</a>. Amazonian raiders were often depicted in battle with Greek warriors in<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazonomachy" title="Amazonomachy" >amazonomachies</a> in classical art.

The Amazons have become associated with various historical peoples throughout the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire_period" title="Roman Empire period" class="mw-redirect" >Roman Empire period</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late_Antiquity" title="Late Antiquity" >Late Antiquity</a>. In <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_historiography" title="Roman historiography" >Roman historiography</a>, there are various accounts of Amazon raids in Asia Minor. From the Early Modern period, their name has become a term for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woman_warrior" title="Woman warrior" >woman warriors</a> in general.

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<li ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_feminism" title="Amazon feminism" >Amazon feminism</a></li>

<li ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis" title="Artemis" >Artemis</a></li>

<li ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athena" title="Athena" >Athena</a></li>

<li ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dahomey_Amazons" title="Dahomey Amazons" >Dahomey Amazons</a></li>

<li ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giantess" title="Giantess" >Giantess</a></li>

<li ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liburnians" title="Liburnians" >Liburnians</a> (according to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scylax_of_Caryanda" title="Scylax of Caryanda" >Pseudo-Scylax</a> ruled by women)</li>

<li ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_women_warriors_in_folklore" title="List of women warriors in folklore" >List of women warriors in folklore</a></li>

<li ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matriarchal_religion" title="Matriarchal religion" >Matriarchal religion</a></li>

<li ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matriarchy" title="Matriarchy" >Matriarchy</a></li>

<li ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shieldmaiden" title="Shieldmaiden" >Shieldmaiden</a></li>

<li ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sitones" title="Sitones" >Sitones</a></li>

<li ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terra_Feminarum" title="Terra Feminarum" >Terra Feminarum</a></li>

<li ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Themis" title="Themis" >Themis</a></li>

<li ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_women_in_ancient_warfare" title="Timeline of women in ancient warfare" class="mw-redirect" >Timeline of women in ancient warfare</a></li>

<li ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valkyrie" title="Valkyrie" >Valkyrie</a></li>

<li ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virago" title="Virago" >Virago</a></li>

<li ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woman_Warrior" title="Woman Warrior" class="mw-redirect" >Woman Warrior</a></li>

<li ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonder_Woman" title="Wonder Woman" >Wonder Woman</a></li>

<li ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xena:_Warrior_Princess" title="Xena: Warrior Princess" >Xena: Warrior Princess</a></li>

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