Ἀμαζών
Ἀμαζών
-όνος, ἡ, Amazon, one of a mythical race of women warriors, whose home, at first of indefinite location in the far north or east, was commonly placed in classical times about the Thermodon River on the south shore of the Black Sea (see map, frontispiece). Their exploits, including their assistance to King Priam under their queen Penthesiléa (Virgil, Aeneid 1. 491) in the Trojan War, and their battles with Bellerophon, Hercules, and Theseus, were the subjects of many legends. As types of female strength and beauty they were often represented in painting and sculpture, sometimes with a crescent-shaped shield, helmet, quiver, bow and arrows, and spear or double-edged battle-ax (σάγαρις). The Amazon River in South America received its name from the report of the Spanish discoverers that they found a race of warlike women living there. See Fig. 64, p. 200.
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ἀμαζών
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αμαζων
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Ἀμαζών
-όνος, ἡ, Amazon, one of a mythical race of women warriors, whose home, at first of indefinite location in the far north or east, was commonly placed in classical times about the Thermodon River on the south shore of the Black Sea (see map, frontispiece). Their exploits, including their assistance to King Priam under their queen Penthesiléa (Virgil, Aeneid 1. 491) in the Trojan War, and their battles with Bellerophon, Hercules, and Theseus, were the subjects of many legends. As types of female strength and beauty they were often represented in painting and sculpture, sometimes with a crescent-shaped shield, helmet, quiver, bow and arrows, and spear or double-edged battle-ax (σάγαρις). The Amazon River in South America received its name from the report of the Spanish discoverers that they found a race of warlike women living there. See Fig. 64, p. 200.
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