amazons after all I think I found the source of the connection of the labrys with the amazons sagaris saga ris e s Ion ios h pl sagareis Ion i s a weapon used by the Scythian tribes Hdt 1 215 4 5 A axinas sagaris eichon I d 7 64 by the Amazons Aristarch in PAmh 2 12 ii 10 by the Persians Amazons Mossynoeci etc X An 4 4 16 5 4 13 acc to Hsch single edged and joined by X with kopis and machaira Cyr 1 2 9 2 1 9 4 2 22 double edged acc to AP6 94 Phil i e an axe like weapon sometimes described as single edged and sometimes as double edged This shouild probably be put in a Sagaris article