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But the army did leave its imprints on the region. The women
of Anatolia took the sword to crush and invasion from the Caucasus, after the
male soldiers were all slaughtered in a far-reaching genocide. These women
trained in the use of all types of weapons, including bow and arrow, spear,
battle-axe and lance. They copied their breastplates from the armour of the
Greeks.
They rejected marriage as subjugation. So that they might
have children, they were granted a leave of absence, during which they
copulated with randomly selected males from nearby villages.
Only a woman who had killed a man in battle was allowed to
give up her virginity.
(Excerpt from the book “The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets´
Nest”, from the acclaimed trilogy by Stieg Larsson)
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Amazon in battle - Greek relief 4 BC. |
On a personal research, I found that the Amazons are widely refer to in Greek mithology, with paintings and sculpturs available in museaums around the world, as per this example.
Found this quoted in The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets Nest. I had to do a little googleing. Fascinating.
ReplyDeleteExactly! As stated at the end of the article above :). Truly amazing...
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