A Brief History of the Amazons

Women Warriors in Myth and History

Lyn Webster Wilde

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Robinson Publishing
10 May 2016

History; General & world history; Ancient history: to c 500 CE; Folklore, myths & legends

Series: Brief Histories

'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. 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.

North of the Black Sea she found archaeological excavations of graves of Iron Age women buried with arrows, swords and armour. 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.

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.

By: Lyn Webster Wilde
Imprint: Robinson Publishing
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 196mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 206g
ISBN: 9781472136770
ISBN 10: 1472136772
Series: Brief Histories
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 10 May 2016
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Lyn Webster Wilde is a film-maker and writer who has made a special study of myth. She has a degree in English from Cambridge University and has written five books, both fiction and non-fiction. She now lives in Wales and is planning a feature film.

Reviews for A Brief History of the Amazons: Women Warriors in Myth and History

She brings the Amazons a little closer into focus, reminding us that gender roles were different once and can be again, and going some way towards separating what might be fact from what is definitely romantic fiction. -- Sunday Times This absorbing book attempts to cut through the hype and trace the source of the Amazons Scotsman It is a fascinating tale and underlines the reality of these warrior women Military Illustrated