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The sheer number of legendary narratives and historically verifiable incidents invites us to revise assumptions about the origins of biological and chemical warfare and its moral and technological constraints.

~Adrienne Mayor

Topics: About Assumptions Biological Chemical Constraints Historically Incidents Invites Legendary Moral Narratives Number Origins Revise Sheer Technological Us Warfare

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Pictures of Amazons on vase paintings always show them as beautiful, active, spirited, courageous, and brave.

~Adrienne Mayor

Topics: Active Always Beautiful Brave Courageous Paintings Pictures Show Spirited Them Vase

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Anyone who's watched 'The Hunger Games', or female archers, knows that that is an absolutely physiologically ridiculous idea.

~Adrienne Mayor

Topics: Absolutely Anyone Female Games Hunger Hunger Games Idea Knows Ridiculous Watched

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It's sort of fair to say that Amazons, both as reality and as a dream of equality, have always been with us; it's just that sometimes that fiery Amazon spirit is hidden from view or even suppressed.

~Adrienne Mayor

Topics: Always Amazon Been Both Dream Equality Even Fair Fiery Hidden Just Reality Say Sometimes Sort Spirit Suppressed Us View

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If Queen Amezan and Queen Penthesilea could somehow meet in real life, they would recognize each other as sister Amazons. Two tales, two storytellers, two sites far apart in time and place, and yet one common tradition of women who made love and war.

~Adrienne Mayor

Topics: Apart Common Could Each Far Life Love Made Meet Other Place Queen Real Real Life Recognize Sister Sites Somehow Storytellers Tales Time Tradition Two War Who Women Would

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The 'Iliad' covered only two months of the great ten-year war with Troy. At least six other epic poems preceded or continued the events in the 'Iliad', but they survive only as fragments.

~Adrienne Mayor

Topics: Continue Covered Epic Events Fragments Great Iliad Least Months Only Other Poems Six Survive Two War

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Indeed, many ancient Greek writers do treat Amazons as a tribe of men and women. They credit the tribe with innovations such as ironworking and domestication of horses. Some early vase paintings show men fighting alongside Amazons.

~Adrienne Mayor

Topics: Alongside Ancient Credit Early Fighting Greek Horses Indeed Innovations Many Men Men And Women Paintings Show Some Treat Tribe Vase Women Writers

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The Greeks first identified the Amazons ethnographically, as a nation of men and women distinguished by something outstanding in their gender relations. Later, any ambivalence or anxiety that knowledge of this alternative gender-neutral culture evoked among Greeks was played out in their mythic narratives about martial women.

~Adrienne Mayor

Topics: About Alternative Ambivalence Among Anxiety Any Culture Distinguished First Gender Greeks Identified Knowledge Later Martial Men Men And Women Mythic Narratives Nation Out Outstanding Played Relations Something Women

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The Ephesians took great pride in their temple, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Amazons had worshipped here, and the fabulously rich King Croesus built the original temple.

~Adrienne Mayor

Topics: Ancient Built Great Had Here King Original Pride Rich Seven Temple Took Wonders World Worshipped

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The Romans had chosen Pergamon to be the capital of their new province. But by 88 B.C., most of western Asia was allied with King Mithradates, who had taken over the royal palace in Pergamon for his own headquarters.

~Adrienne Mayor

Topics: Allied Asia Capital Chosen Had Headquarters His King Most New Over Own Palace Province Romans Royal Taken Western Who

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Historian

Born: Unknown

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