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The Amazons (, Amazónes, singular , Amazōn) are a nation of all-female warriors in Greek mythology and Classical antiquity. Herodotus placed them in a region bordering Scythia in Sarmatia (modern territory of Ukraine). Other historiographers place them in Asia Minor, or Libya.
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| Wounded Amazon Wounded Amazon www.amazons-info.com - Web |
| Herodotus on the Amazons Herodotus on the Amazons www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?lookup=Hdt.+4.110.1 - Web |
| Herodotus via Gutenberg Herodotus via Gutenberg www.gutenberg.org/browse/authors/h#a828 - Web |
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| Perseus Perseus www.perseus.org/.../ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0004%3Aid%3Damazon - Web |
| Straight Dope: Amazons Straight Dope: Amazons www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mamazon.html - Web |
| Religious cults associated with the Amazons Religious cults associated with the Amazons www.sacred-texts.com/wmn/rca/index.htm - Web |
