Did you know that the Amazons once waged war on Atlantis? According to the ancient historian Diodorus of Sicily, the Amazons conquered Atlantis while carving out an empire in Northern Africa. This may have all been pure legend, but Diodorus, like most ancient historians, believed that the Amazons had been an historical people. Other historians believed that the Amazons eventually interbred with the nomadic Scythians were slowly integrated into their society on the Eurasian steppe. In fact, one modern author believes that archaeological evidence has demonstrated that female warriors were quite common among the Scythians. Could these Scythian warrior-women have been the “Historical Amazons”. How seriously should we take this hypothesis? Tune-in and find out lovestruck Greeks, comic book nerds, and a brigade of young hunks all play a role in the story.
Works Cited
Diodorus, et al. Diodorus of Sicily: the Library of History. Harvard University Press, 2004.
Herodotus, and Sélincourt Aubrey De. Herodotus: the Histories: Newly Translated. Penguin Books, 1954.
“The Internet Classics Archive: Theseus by Plutarch.” The Internet Classics Archive | Theseus by Plutarch, classics.mit.edu/Plutarch/theseus.html.
Mayor, Adrienne. The Amazons: Lives and Legends of Warrior Women across the Ancient World. Princeton University Press, 2016.
Medina José Toribio, and Bertram T. Lee. The Discovery of the Amazon: According to the Account of Friar Gaspar De Carvajal and Other Documents. Kessinger Publications, 2014.
Porter, John R. “Review of Adrienne Mayor, The Amazons: Lives and Legends of Warrior Women across the Ancient World. Princeton; Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2014. Pp. Xiv, 519. ISBN 9780691147208.” Academia.edu, 3 Sept. 2019, www.academia.edu/37418474/Review_of_Adrienne_Mayor_The_Amazons_Lives_and_Legends_of_Warrior_Women_across_the_Ancient_World_Princeton_Oxford_Princeton_University_Press_2014_Pp_xiv_519_ISBN_9780691147208.
Strabo. The Geography of Strabo. Harvard Univ. Press, 1999.
YENNE, BILL. CITIES OF GOLD: Legendary Kingdoms, Quixotic Quests, and Fantastic New World Wealth. WESTHOLME PUBLISHING, 2020.