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Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Prologue: Atalanta, the Greek Amazon; PART 1 WHO WERE THE AMAZONS?; 1 Ancient Puzzles and Modern Myths; 2 Scythia, Amazon Homeland; 3 Sarmatians, a Love Story; PART 2 HISTORICAL WOMEN WARRIORS AND CLASSICAL TRADITIONS; 4 Bones: Archaeology of Amazons; 5 Breasts: One or Two?; 6 Skin: Tattooed Amazons; 7 Naked Amazons; 8 Sex and Love; 9 Drugs, Dance, and Music; 10 The Amazon Way; 11 Horses, Dogs, and Eagles; 12 Who Invented Trousers?; 13 Armed and Dangerous: Weapons and Warfare; 14 Amazon Languages and Names PART 3 AMAZONS IN GREEK AND ROMAN MYTH, LEGEND, AND HISTORY15 Hippolyte and Heracles; 16 Antiope and Theseus; 17 Battle for Athens; 18 Penthesilea and Achilles at Troy; 19 Amazons at Sea; 20 Thalestris and Alexander the Great; 21 Hypsicratea, King Mithradates, and Pompey's Amazons; PART 4 BEYOND THE GREEK WORLD; 22 Caucasia, Crossroads of Eurasia; 23 Persia, Egypt, North Africa, Arabia; 24 Amazonistan: Central Asia; 25 China; Appendix: Names of Amazons and Warrior Women in Ancient Literature and Art from the Mediterranean to China; Notes; Bibliography; Index Amazons-fierce warrior women dwelling on the fringes of the known world-were the mythic archenemies of the ancient Greeks. Heracles and Achilles displayed their valor in duels with Amazon queens, and the Athenians reveled in their victory over a powerful Amazon army. In historical times, Cyrus of Persia, Alexander the Great, and the Roman general Pompey tangled with Amazons. But just who were these bold barbarian archers on horseback who gloried in fighting, hunting, and sexual freedom? Were Amazons real? In this deeply researched, wide-ranging, and lavishly illustrated book, National Book
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