The Amazons – “Breastless Women”
Monday, January 10th, 2005We have learned from the writings of Homer that the daughters of Ares were a tribe of warrior women who, according to tradition, lived on the northern coast of Asia Minor (modern day Turkey). The amazons only slept with men when they needed children, which only happened for two months every spring. If they had boys, they either killed the babies or sent them back to their fathers. They burnt off their right breasts to be able to handle the bow easier. Their culture also required that they maintain their virginity until they had killed three enemies. They fought many nations, and they almost never had any peace with the Greeks.
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