The real Amazons were long believed to be purely imaginary. We associate the word Amazon with digital book sales these days. Talking from her home in Palo Alto, California, she explains what Johnny Depp has in common with Amazons, why the Amazon spirit is breaking out all over pop culture, and who invented trousers. Lesbians.ĭrawing on a wealth of textual, artistic, and archaeological evidence, Adrienne Mayor, author of The Amazons, dispels these myths and takes us inside the truly wild and wonderful world of these ancient warrior women.
They cut off their breasts to fire their bows better! They mutilated or killed their boy children! Modern (mostly male) scholars continued the confabulations. They smoked pot, covered their skin with tattoos, rode horses, and fought as hard as the guys.
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