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Saint Nine

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LaContessa

The Amazon's reputedly cut off one of their breasts so it didn't get in the way of their bow arm.

Player SQinfoNUTS

Montana Lady, remember I did a report on these ladies sometime in school. And indeed the business about the breast it seems to be confirmed by several sources none of which were Wikipedia.

Player maz

thier breast or breasts would have been tightly bound in battles giving rise to the myth of them being cut off. it all adds to the scary warriors rumours. more recently it is called propaganda.

Saint Nine

LaContessa, I was going to mention that. The reason wasn't so much that it got in the way of the bow arm though, it was the bow string. If you think about it that makes more sense. It sounds painful (both the mastectomy and getting your breast hit by a vote string).

Montana Lady

LaContessa, Strabo wrote around of a rumor that Amazon's sear the right breast of their infants for that reason.

Zenou

Player maz, if you speak greek then you know that amazon means without breast

Radakyl

LaContessa, What a waste that seems drastic!

( Snail Darter)

Player liefson, These Amazon’s must have towered over the notoriously little Romans.....

VividPotion6704

I've never heard of the Androphagi before... I think the name would translate as Man Eaters!!! Yikes!

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Johnny

LaContessa, Actually it was the left breast. It was done to a) prevent it being struck by the bowstring and b) as a right of passage into warriorhood. I can't help thinking that the prevention was worse than the potential injury!

TJ SISTA

You go girls 😜.

Elnaz

i didn't see

LITTO

Is the Amazon river in south America name after them.

Player Bengal Mama

Many graves have been found with female skeletal remains, and swords, shields, horses, riding equipment and everything a person would need to make thread, or cloth and to cook. I know a few modern woman soldiers would be wonderful Amazon's. Vikings had shield maidens, plenty of evidence for them. National G and Archaeology Today have had many fine articles about the graves of these women.

Dejan

I read somewhere years ago that they supposably had just one boobie. Dont know if i remembered it right.