The Amazons
A summary of writings, both ancient and modern, on the legendary women warriors of the Bronze Age

Table of Contents:
Introduction

African Amazons
Myrina's Tomb
The Amazon Homeland
Amazon Customs
Amazons vs. Dionysus
Amazons at Ephesus
The Goddess Artemis
Nysa and the Triton River
Athena
The Gorgons

Scythian Amazons
Lampeto and Marpesia
Orithya
Sinope
Amazons vs. Hercules
The Sauromatae
Antiope
The Attack on Athens
Amazons at Colchis
Amazons vs. Bellerophon
Penthesileia
The Trojan War
Clete and Caulonia
Thalestris
Breast Mutilation
How the Amazons Lived
The Amazon Homeland
The Amazon Era
Amazons in Classical Sculpture
The Shield of Athena
Amazons on Classical Pottery
Later Sightings of Amazons
Scythian Connections
Amazon Names

Other "Amazons"
The Lemnian Women

Bibliography