The Amazon tribe lives at the junction of Eurasia, probably near the East River of Telmo in northern Turkey today. The river flows into the Black Sea 50 kilometers east of samson. The surrounding soil is fertile and very hidden, surrounded by mountains in the south and east, the wide Yeschil River in the west and the Black Sea in the north. Amazon is a very ancient nomadic people. The biggest feature of this tribe is that it is composed of women who buy and sell men to have children, leaving girls to raise them. Another feature of the Amazon tribe is its militancy and belligerence. In ancient legends, they always appear as brave and fearless women warriors.
The confrontation between theseus and Amazonians fully embodies the character of Amazonians who dare to love and hate.
In memory of this Amazon woman, the Athenians erected a tall memorial column for her. The description in Greek mythology of the battle between Achilles and Penthesilea, the daughter of Ares, the queen of Amazon, vividly reproduces the fearless spirit and their charming side of Amazon women warriors. At that time, the war between the Greeks and the Trojans had been going on for a long time, and the Trojans fell into despair because of the death of their hero hector. At this time, 12 Amazon women warriors led by Queen Penthesilea rushed to Troy to help them fight against the Greeks. Amazons joined the battle, on the one hand, because Amazons naturally love war and adventure, and on the other hand, because Queen Penthesilea unintentionally committed a crime and accidentally injured her sister Hippolyta. She hopes to calm the fury of Nemesis through this expedition. Penthesilea personally selected twelve heroines to go to Troy. Although these twelve heroines are lovely, they are still not as good as Queen Penthesilea.
We know that only women can't reproduce, so Amazon people go to nearby tribes to mate with men every once in a while, and kill boys when they give birth, or give them to their fathers, or let them die in the wild; Give birth to a girl and train her to be a new member of Amazon. Amazons are brave and good at fighting. Even Hercules had a hard time conquering them, and Jason's golden fleece expedition stayed away from them. They also fought several wars with the Greeks, such as the massive attack on Athens after Queen hippolyte was captured by theseus, and the war that later helped Troy. Homer called them Antianeira in the Iliad, which means women who fight like men.
In Greek mythology, Amazon people have always occupied a special position. This is a purely female tribe. Adult women are all female soldiers, proud of killing men in battle. In order not to disturb the bow, they even cut off their right chest. As Herodotus, the father of western historiography, said, their method of inheriting their descendants is realized by visiting people of neighboring nationalities regularly. Stay when you have a daughter, and send it back to your father when you have a son. But what nationality they are and where they live are still controversial. There are many myths about Amazonians handed down from generation to generation, and many heroes in Greek mythology have fought against them. For example, Achilles killed the Amazon Queen in Illion. For example, one of Heracles's "Twelve Merits" was to get the Amazon Queen's belt.