Amazons

The Amazons were a nation of warrior women mentioned in Greek Mythology. According to Strabo, they were purely fictional. de Plancy, J. C., (1863). Dictionnaire Infernal. 6ed. pg.24
== Legends ==
According to Francois de Torre-Blanca, they were witches. 
They are said to have burned off their right breast to shoot a bow more easily. Father Menestrier believed that the reason Artemis of Ephesus had so many breasts is because the Amazons dedicated the ones they removed to her. 
They are said to have lived in Cappadocia on the banks of the Thermodon.
== Modern Scholarship ==
Scholars exploring the Marañón river in saw armed women on the banks, who they immediately deemed Amazons. The majority of the river (as far as the confluence with the Ucayli river) was then renamed the Amazon river. 
Another Amazon nation was placed by missionaries in the Philippines. 
Thevenot places a third Amazon nation in Mingrelia, Georgia. 
Charles Texier, in his studies of Asia Minor, came across a rock enclosure containing carved images of sixty figures of various sizes. The main figures were two kings exchanging gifts, who Texier initially identified as the bearded King of Paphlagonia and the beardless King of Persia, but after discussing with colleagues at Smyrna, came to identify them as the Queen of the Amazons and the King of their neighbours, possibly the Leuco-Syrians. He also identified the nearby city initially as Tavia, but later as Themiscyra, the capital of the Amazon nation. 
== Further Reading ==
* Epistle on Offences, or On Magic
== References ==
Category:Dictionnaire Infernal