31: The Legend of Amazons

<p>Amazons' journey from barbarous arch-enemies of Greeks to kick-ass women we all know and love today.</p> <p>Instagram: QandRpod</p> <p>Email: QueensandRebelspod@gmail.com</p> <p>Sources:<br> - Blundell, Sue. Women in Ancient Greece. British Museum Press, 1995.<br> -Hardwick, Lorna. “Ancient Amazons - Heroes, Outsiders or Women?”&nbsp;<em>Greece &amp; Rome</em>, vol. 37, no. 1, 1990, pp. 14–36.<br> -&nbsp;Tyrrell, William Blake. “AMAZON CUSTOMS AND ATHENIAN PATRIARCHY.”&nbsp;<em>Annali Della Scuola Normale Superiore Di Pisa. Classe Di Lettere e Filosofia</em>, vol. 12, no. 4, 1982, pp. 1213–1237.<br> -&nbsp;Franklin, Margaret. “Boccaccio's Amazons and Their Legacy in Renaissance Art: Confronting the Threat of Powerful Women.”&nbsp;<em>Woman's Art Journal</em>, vol. 31, no. 1, 2010, pp. 13–20.<br> - The Project Gutenberg EBook of The History Of Herodotus, by Herodotus, Release Date: December 1, 2008 [EBook #2707]<br> - Foreman, Amanda. “The Amazon Women: Is There Any Truth Behind the Myth?” <em>Smithsonian.com</em>, Smithsonian Institution, 1 Apr. 2014, www.smithsonianmag.com/history/amazon-women-there-any-truth-behind-myth-180950188/.<br> - Hawkins, Derek. “Amazons Were Long Considered a Myth. These Discoveries Show Warrior Women Were Real.” <em>The Washington Post</em>, WP Company, 1 Jan. 2020, www.washingtonpost.com/science/2019/12/31/amazons-were-long-considered-myth-these-discoveries-show-warrior-women-were-real/.<br> - Man, John. “The Real Amazons: How the Legendary Warrior Women Inspired Fighters and Feminists.” <em>HistoryExtra</em>, 26 Nov. 2020, www.historyextra.com/period/ancient-greece/the-real-amazons-how-the-legendary-warrior-women-inspired-fighters-and-feminists/.<br> - Cartwright, Mark. “Amazon Women.” <em>World History Encyclopedia</em>, World History Encyclopedia, 28 May 2021, www.worldhistory.org/amazon/.</p> <p><br></p> <p><br></p>