Amazons

In Greek mythology, the Amazons (Greek: Ἀμαζόνες, Amazónes, singular Ἀμαζών, Amazōn) were a tribe of warrior women. The Amazons as they appear in myth may have been inspired by warrior women among the Scythians and Sarmatians. Their place of residence was the subject of much dispute: according to both Herodotus and Strabo, these warrior women lived on the banks of the river Thermodon, by the Black Sea,^[1][2] while Diodorus states that, prior to the ones by the Black Sea, there lived a different tribe of Amazons in the region of Libya.^[3] The Amazons were said to have founded several cities and temples found in Smyrna, Sinope, Cyme, Gryne, Ephesus, Pitania, Magnesia, Clete, Pygela, Latoreria and Amastris; according to legend, the Amazons were the ones who invented the cavalry.^[4]

1. ↑ Herodotus Book 4: Melpomene
2. ↑ THE AMAZONS IN GREEK LEGEND
3. ↑ Siculus' Bibliotheca Historica (Book III, Ch. 52)
4. ↑ Steinem, Gloria; Chesler, Phyllis; Feitler, Bea (1972). Wonder Woman. Hole, Rinehart and Winston and Warner Books. ISBN 0-03-005376-5.