31: The Legend of Amazons

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Queens and Rebels

Marta Cholovska

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31: The Legend of Amazons

Queens and Rebels

34 minutes 14 seconds

4 years ago

31: The Legend of Amazons

Amazons' journey from barbarous arch-enemies of Greeks to kick-ass women we all know and love today.

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Sources:
- Blundell, Sue. Women in Ancient Greece. British Museum Press, 1995.
-Hardwick, Lorna. “Ancient Amazons - Heroes, Outsiders or Women?” Greece & Rome, vol. 37, no. 1, 1990, pp. 14–36.
- Tyrrell, William Blake. “AMAZON CUSTOMS AND ATHENIAN PATRIARCHY.” Annali Della Scuola Normale Superiore Di Pisa. Classe Di Lettere e Filosofia, vol. 12, no. 4, 1982, pp. 1213–1237.
- Franklin, Margaret. “Boccaccio's Amazons and Their Legacy in Renaissance Art: Confronting the Threat of Powerful Women.” Woman's Art Journal, vol. 31, no. 1, 2010, pp. 13–20.
- The Project Gutenberg EBook of The History Of Herodotus, by Herodotus, Release Date: December 1, 2008 [EBook #2707]
- Foreman, Amanda. “The Amazon Women: Is There Any Truth Behind the Myth?” Smithsonian.com, Smithsonian Institution, 1 Apr. 2014, www.smithsonianmag.com/history/amazon-women-there-any-truth-behind-myth-180950188/.
- Hawkins, Derek. “Amazons Were Long Considered a Myth. These Discoveries Show Warrior Women Were Real.” The Washington Post, WP Company, 1 Jan. 2020, www.washingtonpost.com/science/2019/12/31/amazons-were-long-considered-myth-these-discoveries-show-warrior-women-were-real/.
- Man, John. “The Real Amazons: How the Legendary Warrior Women Inspired Fighters and Feminists.” HistoryExtra, 26 Nov. 2020, www.historyextra.com/period/ancient-greece/the-real-amazons-how-the-legendary-warrior-women-inspired-fighters-and-feminists/.
- Cartwright, Mark. “Amazon Women.” World History Encyclopedia, World History Encyclopedia, 28 May 2021, www.worldhistory.org/amazon/.