The Scythians call this people “Oiorpata”, and its Greek equivalent means those who kill men. Because in the Scythian language “Oior” means man and “Pata” means to kill.
The Amazons are a mythological race of female warriors. They would make their own laws and use their own methods to meet their food and shelter needs. They also have a queen who rules over these female warriors. According to the legends, Amazon women cannot stand being around men. However, in order to continue their lineage, they need to get pregnant, but they would only mate with travelers and people they do not know. If the child born is a boy, they would send this child to their father or leave him to die. Female children are very valuable. Since they were destined to become warriors when they grow up, they would receive training accordingly from childhood. According to the Amazons, a woman's right breast would be an obstacle to her archery skills, so they would cut off her right breast.
According to classical writers; the word Amazon is associated with the word "amazos" which means "without a breast". Amazon women are depicted in their paintings like the male warriors of the time. Usually depicted on horseback, Amazon women wore armor made of animal skins and held bows or spears in their hands. Ancient Greece was a male-dominated civilization where women had very few rights. For this reason, housewives of the time admired the Amazons, who were the symbol of freedom and power . They probably also loved the stories about the Amazons making male slaves do the housework. Men also respected the Amazons with a mixture of fear and fear. The fact that a woman did not need a man and had the physical strength of a man was probably a little scary for them. For the people of the ancient world, the Amazons were both terrifying and fascinating.
Source
Nancy Conner, Classical Mythology in All Its Aspects, (Trans. Deniz Candaş), Arkadaş Publishing House, Ankara, 2017, pp.120-122.
Esen Aktaş, “Coastal Settlement and Settlement Strategies in the Eastern Black Sea Region in Ancient Times”, p.18.
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