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Article: Women warriors: are the tales about Amazons only tales? Read on ...
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Legends of the women warriors known to history as Amazons have been passed down from generation to generation and seem as popular today as they were 2,000 years ago.
It is the account of the fifth-century B.C. Greek writer Herodotus, who is said to have visited the entire known world of his time, that is the most commonly told today. According to Herodotus:
Courageous and bold, Amazons fought with great dignity. They were
never portrayed in art or words as cruel or cowardly. Among their
most widely known exploits was their battle with Scythian warriors
who lived along the northern shores of the Black Sea. Mortified when
they discovered ...