The Amazons — Guy Cadogan Rothery

The legend of the Amazons is amazingly consistent across three continents even though actual documentary proof seems elusive Inparticular the Athenians were most insistent about the historical reality of a nation of all women warriors their legends described a prehistoric conflict with the Amazons as one of their finest hours Although later the Amazons became just another map filling imaginary creature alongside Centaurs Cyclops and Giants Greek legend gives many fine grained details about the geography history and anthropology of the Amazon nation It would be most interesting to see if any of these can be verified using modern techniques