The Amazons

"The legend of the Amazons is amazingly consistent across threecontinents, even though actual documentary proof seems elusive.Inparticular, the Athenians were most insistent about the historicalreality of a nation of all-women warriors; their legends described aprehistoric conflict with the Amazons as one of their finest hours.Although later the Amazons became just another map-filling imaginarycreature alongside Centaurs, Cyclops, and Giants, Greek legend givesmany fine-grained details about the geography, history andanthropology of the Amazon nation. It would be most interesting tosee if any of these can be verified using modern techniques."