![]() ![]() It is thought that the name’s usage led to the myth of the Amazons, the warrior women who cut off their breasts to better use their bows, rather than the legend leading to the name. Yet the name ‘Amazon’ could also come from the Greek ἀμαζός (breastless). Among these names were Androktones (man-killers) and Androleteirai (destroyers of men), or Styganor (those who loathe all men). This belief is attested in the various names given to Amazon warrior women by ancient sources. To the Greeks, they were fearsome women who loathed or even killed men. However, the Ancient Greeks believed that a race of these warrior women existed in some far-off land. 450 BCE, Met Museum, New York.įor centuries, scholars believed that the Amazons belonged solely to the realm of myth and legend. ![]() ![]() The Ancient Amazon Warrior Women Red-figure volute-krater depicting a fight between Amazons and Greeks, attributed to the painter of Woolly Satyrs, c. ![]()
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