Do you know anything about amazon women during the ancient greek history?

Question

What references can i make and what would be some good points to include about civilization vs. barbarism?

Answer 1

Hippolyte, in Greek mythology, queen of the Amazons and daughter of Ares, god of war. She was slain by the hero Hercules when he took from her, as one of his labors, the girdle given to her by her father. According to another legend she became the wife of the Greek hero Theseus, by whom she had a son, Hippolytus.
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Amazons, in Greek mythology, a race of warlike women who excluded men from their society. The Amazons occasionally had sexual relations with men of neighboring states, and all male children born to them were either sent to live with their fathers or killed. The girls were trained as archers for war, and the custom of burning off the right breast was practiced to facilitate bending the bow—hence the name Amazon, derived from the Greek word for breastless. In art, however, in which they are frequently represented, they are depicted as beautiful women with no apparent mutilation. Ancient art, such as that on temple friezes, vases, and sarcophagi, usually presents them in battle scenes. According to legend, they were almost constantly at war with Greece and fought other nations as well. According to one version, they were allied with the Trojans, and during the siege of Troy their queen was slain by the Greek warrior Achilles. Some scholars who attribute a historical foundation to the legends identify the country of the Amazons with Scythia or Asia Minor on the shores of the Black Sea.
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Penthesilea, in Greek mythology, queen of the Amazons and daughter of Ares, the god of war. She was an ally of the Trojans in the war against the Greeks. The Greek warrior Achilles killed her and then mourned her death, and she appears with him as a subject in Greek art and in a play by the German dramatist Heinrich Kleist.
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from these info. you can conclude some things but i did not read them they are from the area listed above. hope it helps.

Answer 2

They were warriors and hate men. I remember them from a Xena episode.

In Greek mythology, the Amazons (Αμαζόνες) were either an ancient legendary nation of female warriors or a land dominated by women at the outer edges of their known world. The legends appear to have a nugget of factual basis in warrior women among the Scythians, but classical Greeks never ceased to be astounded at such role-reversals. Women in classical Greek society were expected to be passive and dependent on males. In modern usage, the word is often used to refer to tall, strong, aggressive women.

Answer 3

The Amazons were a mythic tribe of warrior women. Supposedly, they hated men, and considered them useful only for breeding. Male children were killed. They were supposed to be extremely good with a bow and arrow. The origin of their name is Greek, which means "without breast"--they would cut off one breast so it would be easier to shoot the bow.

Answer 4

There is no conclusive proof that the Amazons existed and any information about them is from contemporary Greek sources (Iliad etc.). That doesn't mean that they didn't exist, I mean, people didn't think that Troy existed until it was discovered earlier in the 20th century, but there isn't a historical record of them

Answer 5

there is some proof that the amazons did exist and had relations with the scythians.

Answer 6

Ouch...I know the cut off their breasts.