A point about Amazons

You can believe in them if you want, but if you do, you should out of fairness to other mythological characters believe in giants, cyclopes, griffins, and gorgons.

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[OriginalOwner777]

If there was a femanine dominated tribe with female warriors it is more likely by modern terms that it would have been a matriachal dominated society it could have been that the amazons was based on the turkish ethos of the woman being the source of power within the home ect. It is very much a greek trait to romantasise with insults their opponents when they win so it could be the amazons was greeks saying that the turks where whipped little girls

[lindybeige]

@OriginalOwner777 In Matriarchal societies, men still do the fighting. Women are not stupid.

[mariuslupercus]

Great video man! Thanks! Still, to make a couple of counter points - Thracians were NOT barbarians. That is a common historical misconception/deliberate lie propagated. Secondly, I don't know about Amazons, but there are records of the classical era where Greek women DID fight (against the Persians in Marathon for instance). Granted, not ALL women. But a certain woman poet whose statue was made depicting her in full armor, stepping on her poetry books is a good "sample" of such events...

[lindybeige]

@mariuslupercus I think you are wrong about women at Marathon, and the Thracians were barbarians - they wore trousers and they didn't speak Greek, which makes them barbarians.

[AGuzmanAcha]

How do you explain Amazon dot com then smart guy?

[lindybeige]

@AGuzmanAcha Damn - stumped.

[Madgobo]

Sorry but I can't believe you... Next thing you're gonna tell us that Xena the warrior princess is a made-up character...

[lindybeige]

@DMEII No society anywhere on Earth has ever been found in which the women fight and the men stay at home to look after children. People have looked.

[OriginalOwner777]

@lindybeige I agree with you the point I was trying to make was the greek hummor saying the male turkish warriors where whipped little girls because their women where in charge of them

[jdfox37]

Well, a tribe of amazons, for sure absurd. But im willing to bet scythian women warriors were far more dangerous than any hellenic, persian, or phoenician. It took the roman machine to even start to conquer the sarmations, and yet the huns and other steppe tribes, with women warriors, sacked the west. God, I sound like some militant feminist :( please disprove me for manliness sake. Ancient germanic tribes speak of sarmations like romans spoke of germans. There is fear in derogatory racism.

[TheWarlordPaul]

So, to sum up, ancient porn; Not as good.

[sPitternaut]

For what it's worth, I recall reading on...cracked, I think... that the word 'Amazon' wasn't Greek at all, it was a foreign name that just happened to sound like their translation for "without breast" and that's where the idea came from. Which makes a lot more sense considering the reasons you mentioned.

[KrutoyPostowoy]

Women have no chance vs men. Face the truth. Nough said.