Amazons - in ancient sources @ attalus.org

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Amazons - a legendary race of female warriors, in Asia Minor
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324/32 Alexander meets some of the Amazons.
Within translations:
Athen_14.629 by Cephisodorus in his Amazons, and by Aristophanes in
Demetr:Eloc_131 accompanied them, but Amazons; and the other hit is at
Demetr:Eloc_138 once said of a sleeping Amazon: 'Her bow lay strung, her
Euseb]:Chron_185 In his reign, the Amazons burnt down the temple at Ephesu
Just_2.1 ttled the kingdom of the Amazons; so that to those who
Just_2.4 em; and hence they were called Amazons. 12 They had two
Just_12.3 Minithya, queen of the Amazons, came to meet him, having
Just_42.3 banians border the Amazons, whose queen Thalestris, as man
Oros_1.15 the homeland. 5 When the Amazons had subdued most of Europe
Oros_1.21 this time a tribe of Amazons, accompanied by the Cimmerians, made
Oros_3.18 war as ever, the bold Amazon Thalestris, or Minothea, with three
Plin:HN_5.115 Ephesus built by the Amazons, previously designated by many
Plin:HN_5.118 to Smyrna, founded by an Amazon and restored by Alexander; it
Plin:HN_6.19 the husbands of the Amazons; then the Naevazae, Coitae,
Plin:HN_6.35 Georgi, and a race of Amazons, the last reaching to the
Plin:HN_6.39 have already indicated the Amazons and Sauromatides. The rivers
Plin:HN_7.201 by Penthesilea the Amazon, hunting-spears and among
Plin:HN_34.48 carry about with him an Amazon which we shall describe later
Plin:HN_34.53 their own: this is the Amazon by Polycleitus, while next to
Plin:HN_34.54 and in bronze, besides the Amazon mentioned above, an Athena of
Plin:HN_34.82 Athletes; Strongylion made an Amazon, which from the remarkable
Plin:HN_36.18 engraved a Battle of the Amazons, and on the hollow side
Polyaen_1.1.3 an alliance with them and the Amazons, and took them into
POxy_1380 many-named ; among the Amazons warlike ; among the India
PsCallisth_3.19 the annual mysteries among the Amazons. The ruler of the
PsCallisth_3.26 The letter of Alexander to the Amazons. "King Alexander
PsCallisth_3.25-27 * way led to the country of the Amazons. And when he was

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