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In Greek mythology, the Amazons (Ancient Greek: Ἀμαζόνες Amazónes, singular Ἀμαζών Amazōn, via Latin Amāzon, -ŏnis) are portrayed in a number of ancient epic poems and legends, such as the Labours of Heracles, the Argonautica and the Iliad. They were a group of female warriors and hunters, who were as skilled and courageous as men in physical agility, strength, archery, riding skills, and the arts of combat. Their society was closed to men and they only raised their daughters and returned their sons to their fathers, with whom they would only socialize briefly in order to reproduce.Courageous and fiercely independent, the Amazons, commanded by their queen, regularly undertook extensive military expeditions into the far corners of the world, from Scythia to Thrace, Asia Minor and the Aegean Islands, reaching as far as Arabia and Egypt. Besides military raids, the Amazons are also associated with the foundation of temples and the establishment of numerous ancient cities like Ephesos, Cyme, Smyrna, Sinope, Myrina, Magnesia, Pygela, etc.The texts of the original myths envisioned the homeland of the Amazons at the periphery of the then-known world. Various claims to the exact place ranged from provinces in Asia Minor (Lycia, Caria, etc.) to the steppes around the Black Sea, or even Libya. However, authors most frequently referred to Pontus in northern Anatolia, on the southern shores of the Black Sea, as the independent Amazon kingdom where the Amazon queen resided at her capital Themiscyra, on the banks of the Thermodon river.Palaephatus, who himself might have been a fictional character, attempted to rationalize the Greek myths in his work On Unbelievable Tales. He suspected that the Amazons were probably men who were mistaken for women by their enemies because they wore clothing that reached their feet, tied up their hair in headbands, and shaved their beards. Probably the first in a long line of skeptics, he rejected any real basis for them, reasoning that because they did not exist during his time, most probably they did not exist in the past either.Decades of archaeological discoveries of burial sites of female warriors, including royalty, in the Eurasian Steppes suggest that the horse cultures of the Scythian, Sarmatian and Hittite peoples likely inspired the Amazon myth. In 2019, a grave with multiple generations of female Scythian warriors, armed and in golden headdresses, was found near Russia's Voronezh.
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Song | Album | Duration |
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25 | 25 2019 | 3:17 |
25 | Future Dust | 3:17 |
Black Magic | Black Magic 2017 | 4:32 |
Black Magic | The Amazons 2017 | 4:32 |
Black Magic | Just for Kicks | 4:30 |
Black Magic | Unknown Album | |
Black Magic [Acoustic] [*] | The Amazons 2017 | |
Bloodrush | Unknown Album | 3:37 |
Brother P-Touch | Unknown Album | 2:11 |
Fuzzy Tree | Future Dust | 3:30 |
Holy Roller | The Amazons 2017 | 3:56 |
How Will I Know? | Unknown Album | 3:59 |
In My Mind | In My Mind 2016 | 3:48 |
Junk Food Forever | Come the Fire, Come the Evening 2018 | 5:34 |
Junk Food Forever | Junk Food Forever 2017 | 5:34 |
Junk Food Forever | The Amazons 2017 | 3:58 |
Junk Food Forever | Don’t You Wanna - EP 2015 | 3:43 |
Junk Food Forver [Acoustic] [*] | The Amazons 2017 | |
Mother | Mother 2019 | 5:05 |
Snowball | Unknown Album | 3:16 |
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