Amazons (Greek mythology)

temple in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

thumb|Wounded Amazon of the Capitoline Museums, Rome thumb|A Greek fighting an Amazon; detail from painted sarcophagus found in Italy, 350–325 BCE thumb|upright=.8|"Amazon preparing for battle" (Queen Antiope (Amazon)|Antiope or [[Hippolyta) or "Armed Venus", by Pierre-Eugène-Emile Hébert, 1860, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.]] In Greek mythology, the Amazons () were female warriors and hunters, known for their physical agility, strength, archery, riding skills, and the arts of combat. Their society was closed to men and they raised only their daughters, returning their sons to thei

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thumb|The Harpy Celaeno (1902) by Mary Pownall, at the [[Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow]] In Greek mythology, Celaeno (; , lit. 'the dark one', also Celeno or Kelaino, sometimes Calaeno) was the name of several figures.

thumb|right|Minoan gold votive double axe or labrys, less than 4 inches tall. On the left blade is an inscription in undeciphered Linear A; possibly an invocation to the goddess Demeter.|257x257px

thumb|4th century AD Amazonomachy mosaic from Daphne, a suburb of Antioch on the Orontes (modern [[Antakya, Turkey); Louvre, Denon Wing]] thumb|Relief now in Vienna

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ancient city of Pontus in modern-day Turkey

in Greek mythology, a name attributed to any of eleven individual characters

island off Giresun, Turkey, the ancient Aretias

The name Melanippe is the feminine counterpart of Melanippus. thumb|300px|Amazon Melanippe on a late antique mosaic

thumb|350px|Gargareans (Gargari) in the North Caucasus on a fragment of [[Henry Teesdale's map of the Ancient Roman Empire.]] In Greek mythology, the Gargareans, or Gargarenses, ( Gargareis) were an all-male tribe. They copulated with the Amazons annually in order to keep both tribes reproductive. The Amazons kept the female children, raising them as warriors, and gave the males to the Gargareans. According to K. V. Trever, it is possible that the "Amazons" mentioned by ancient authors are a distorted ethnic term, "Alazons," meaning the inhabitants of the area along the Alazani River, among wh

In Greek mythology, Creusa (; ) may refer to the following figures:

set of mythological Greek characters

river in Turkey

In Greek mythology, Euryale ( ; ) was the name of several mythological figures, including:

In Greek mythology, Molpadia (Ancient Greek: Μολπαδία means 'divine song') may refer to the two different women:

Hippolyte's Amazon in Greek mythology

set of Greek mythical character

In Greek mythology, Glauce (; ), Latin Glauca, refers to different people:

Polydora (; in Attic and in Ionic, means 'many-gifts' or 'the shapely') was the name of several characters in Greek mythology: