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Sunday, January 17, 2016

Were the Amazons of Greek myth based on a real tribe of female fighters?

In ancient Greek mythology, the Amazons were a fearsome nation of female fighters who murdered any male children born to them and duked it out with the likes of Hercules and Achilles. According to a book by Stanford University historian Adrienne Mayor ...


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