Combining scholarly penetration with a sense of adventure, Webster Wilde has produced a coherent and absorbing book that challenges preconceived notions, still disturbingly widespread, of what men and women can do. In the hidden world of the Hittites, near the Amazons' ancient capital of Thermiscyra in Anatolia, she unearthed traces of powerful priestesses, women-only religious cults, and an armed, bisexual goddess - all possible sources for the ferocious women. North of the Black Sea she found archaeological excavations of graves of Iron Age women buried with arrows, swords and armour. The Trojans put up a valiant defense, bringing in allies from all over Asia Minor.
To get Helen back, Menelaus and the other Greek kings gathered a massive army and attacked Troy. Did they really exist? For centuries, scholars consigned them to the world of myth, but Lyn Webster Wilde journeyed into the homeland of the Amazons and uncovered astonishing evidence of their historic reality. The war had been instigated when the Trojan prince Paris carried off Helen, the beautiful wife of the Greek king Menelaus. In the hidden world of the Hittites, near the Amazons’ ancient capital of Thermiscyra in Anatolia, she unearthed traces of powerful priestesses, women-only religious cults, and an armed, bisexual goddess – all possible sources for the ferocious women.Ĭombining scholarly penetration with a sense of adventure, Webster Wilde has produced a coherent and absorbing book that challenges preconceived notions, still disturbingly widespread, of what men and women can do.'Golden-shielded, silver-sworded, man-loving, male-child slaughtering Amazons, ' is how the fifth-century Greek historian Hellanicus described the Amazons, and they have fascinated humanity ever since. is an American multinational technology company which focuses on e-commerce, cloud computing, and digital streaming.
Did they really exist? For centuries, scholars consigned them to the world of myth, but Lyn Webster Wilde journeyed into the homeland of the Amazons and uncovered astonishing evidence of their historic reality. A Brief History of the Amazons: Women Warriors in Myth and History (Brief Histories) de Webster Wilde, Lyn en - ISBN 10: 1472136772 - ISBN 13: 9781472136770 - Robinson - 2016 - Tapa blanda. ‘Golden-shielded, silver-sworded, man-loving, male-child slaughtering Amazons,’ is how the fifth-century Greek historian Hellanicus described the Amazons, and they have fascinated humanity ever since.
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