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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 74. Chapters: DC Comics Amazons, Penthesilea, Hippolyta, Celaeno, Helene, Agave, Deianira, Melanippe, Asteria, Aegea, Amazonomachy, Alcippe, Glauce, Tecmessa, Otrera, Thalestris, Hippothoe, Donna Troy, Artemis of Bana-Mighdall, Themyscira, Diana Prince, Philippus, Fury, Nubia, The Circle, Amazons Attack!, Antiope, Orana, Julia Kapatelis, Mercy Graves, Mala, Achilles Warkiller, Shim'Tar, Baroness Paula Von Gunther, Bizarra, Orithyia, Lampedo, Sofia Constantinas, Lysippe, Marpesia, Amazonius, Myrina, Thalarion, Pantariste, Molpadia, Areto, Tropidor, Thebe, Eurypyle, Iphito, Alcibie, Bremusa, Aella, Antandre, Xanthe. Excerpt: The Amazons (Greek: , Amazones, singular, Amaz n) are a nation of all-female warriors in Classical antiquity and Greek mythology. Herodotus placed them in a region bordering Scythia in Sarmatia (modern territory of Ukraine). Other historiographers place them in Asia Minor, Libya, or India. Notable queens of the Amazons are Penthesilea, who participated in the Trojan War, and her sister Hippolyta, whose magical girdle, given to her by her father Ares, was the object of one of the labours of Hercules. Amazonian raiders were often depicted in battle with Greek warriors in amazonomachies in classical art. The Amazons have become associated with various historical peoples throughout the Roman Empire period and Late Antiquity. In Roman historiography, there are various accounts of Amazon raids in Asia Minor. From the Early Modern period, their name has become a term for woman warriors in general. The origin of the word is uncertain. It may be derived from an Iranian ethnonym *ha-mazan-, "warriors," a word attested as a denominal verb (formed with the Indo-Iranian root kar- "make" also in kar-ma) in Hesychius of Alexandria's gloss ("hamazakaran: 'to make war' (Persian)"). Alternatively, a Greek derivation from "manle...
