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Who were the Amazons?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 January 2009

K. A. Bisset
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Extract

Legend informs us that the Amazons were women, that they were not only warlike but successful above average as warriors, and that they had no breasts. The masculinity of the second and third characteristics ought to make us highly suspicious of the accuracy of the first, and the explanations provided by the ancient Greeks do not bear any very close examination.

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Research Article
Information
Greece & Rome , Volume 18 , Issue 2 , October 1971 , pp. 150
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Copyright © The Classical Association 1971

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