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	Amazons - All About Turkey
		They originated from the area around the Caucasus Range and settled on the bank of the Thermodon River in Pontus, Asia Minor, and founded the town of Themiscyra on the coast of the Euxine (modern Terme in Sinop, on the Black Sea coast of Turkey).
		For the continuation of the Amazon race, the women mated with the neighboring Gargarean men for a short period each year.
		Another version of the myth tells of a number of men kept for mating purposes, but had the status of slaves, and were allowed to perform only those tasks executed in other countries by women.
	www.allaboutturkey.com /amazon.htm (1393 words)

	Gargareans
		In Greek mythology, the Gargareans were a tribe of all-men.
		They were raped by/kidnapped and killed by/willingly had sex with the Amazons annually in order to keep both tribes reproductive.
		The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ga/Gargarenses.html (50 words)

	Wikipedia: Amazons
		According to another account, they originally came to the Thermodon from the Palus Maeotis (Sea of Azov).
		No men were permitted to reside in Amazon country; but once a year, in order to prevent their race from dying out, they visited the Gargareans, a neighbouring tribe.
		The male children who were the result of these visits were either put to death or sent back to their fathers; the female were kept and brought up by their mothers, and trained in agricultural pursuits, hunting, and the art of war (Strabo xi.
	www.factbook.org /wikipedia/en/a/am/amazons.html (1254 words)

	GATA TOURS
		They made only one concessions to nature to keep their number at full strength: once a year they raided a neighboring tribe, called the Gargareans, and after several days of sacrifice to Aphrodite went back home to bear children, away from the pernicious influence of the anonymous fathers.
		What the Gargareans thought of the annual visits of their misanthropic neighbors is not recorded, but it is assumed that the Gargerean ladies must have seemed pale and ineffectual to their husbands for some time afterwards.
		He had heard about the Gargareans and wondered if the speculative look in Hippolyte's eye indicated that the time for the annual visit was approaching and if, by any chance, the Amazons ever accepted any substitutes.
	www.gata.com.tr /ing/aboutturkey/mythology/anatolia.asp (6201 words)

	Info and facts on 'Amazons' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		According to another account, they originally came to the Thermodon (additional info and facts about Thermodon) from the Palus Maeotis ("Lake Maeotis", the Sea of Azov (A bay of the Black Sea between Russia and the Ukraine)).
		No men were permitted to reside in Amazon country; but once a year, in order to prevent their race from dying out, they visited the Gargareans (additional info and facts about Gargareans), a neighbouring tribe.
		The male children who were the result of these visits were either put to death or sent back to their fathers; the females were kept and brought up by their mothers, and trained in agricultural pursuits, hunting, and the art of war (Strabo (additional info and facts about Strabo) xi.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/A/Am/Amazons.htm (2056 words)

	Amazon -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia
		No man was permitted to dwell in their country, which was located on the south coast of the Black Sea.
		Male infants were sent to their fathers, the Gargareans, in a neighboring land.
		The girls were trained in agriculture, hunting, and the art of war.
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article-9272827 (926 words)

	Armenian History, chapter 3: The First Christian State in History
		St.Mesrob, later elevated into sainthood, is also known as the author of the actual Georgian alphabet.
		He also invented an alphabet for the large tribe of Gargareans, that inhabited Aghuank.
		Paradoxically, the 5th century, marked by serious political losses, became the Golden Age of the Armenian literature.
	www.armenianhistory.info /christianity.htm (1346 words)

	Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 138 (v. 1) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The country about the Thermodon with its capital Themiscyra was inhabited only by the Amazons, who were governed by a queen.
		The Gargareans, a race of men, were separated from them by a mountain, but once every year the Amazons met the Gargareans in the mountains for the purpose of propagating their race, and then returned to their own country.
		Their children, when of the female sex, were brought up by the Amazon mothers, and trained in their customary pursuits of war, riding, hunting, and cultivating the land; but each girl had her right breast cut off: their male children, on the other hand, were sent to the Gargareans, or put to death.
	www.ancientlibrary.com /smith-bio/0147.html (942 words)

	LGBT Mythology: The Amazons (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		They mated a short time each year (some say it may have been up to 2 months out of the year) with a near by tribe, the Gargareans in order to continue their race.
		Some say that male children were killed or sent back to the Gargareans.
		The most common belief about female children is that they had their right breasts removed in order to make them better fighters.
	share.geocities.com /WestHollywood/1769/amazons.htm (1873 words)

	The Mythologies: The Amazons, Daughters of Ares
		Once a year the Amazons met with the Gargareans, a village of men living near them.
		These unions helped increase the population of both groups, with male children being returned to the Gargareans and female children staying with the Amazons.
		Contrary to popular myth, the Amazons in all probability did not disfigure their breasts in any way.
	www.spiritrealm.com /Melinda/Myth/amazons.html (1260 words)

	Amazons (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		According to another account, they originally came to the Thermodon from thePalus Maeotis ("Lake Maeotis", the Sea of Azov).
		No men were permitted to reside in Amazon country; but once a year, in order to prevent their race from dying out, theyvisited the Gargareans, a neighbouring tribe.
		The male children who were theresult of these visits were either put to death or sent back to their fathers; the female were kept and brought up by theirmothers, and trained in agricultural pursuits, hunting, and the art of war (Strabo xi.p.
	www.therfcc.org /amazons-6767.html (1561 words)

	The Real Amazons: Warriors of Legend (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		When the children were born, the babies were turned over to the men, who brought them up on milk and such cooked foods as were appropriate to the age of the infants.
		Another theory about the role of men in the society states that for the continuation of the Amazon race, the women mated with the neighboring Gargarean men for a short period each year.
		War, hunting and agriculture were their principal pursuits.
	www.angelfire.com /la/katsclaw/amazons.html (1390 words)

	Amazons in Mythology
		For the continuation of the Amazon race, the women mated with the
		neighboring Gargarean men for a short period each year.
		born from these unions were either sent to the Gargareans or killed.
	waltm.net /amazon.htm (490 words)

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		Herodotus wrote that this tribe was subsumed by the Scythians, but in myth they were completely autonomous.
		Descended from Ares and Harmonia, one myth says that they met with the nearby Gargareans for mating purposes once a year.
		Led by Penthisilea a nd Hippolyta, among others, FTP name this warlike tribe of women.
	www.stanford.edu /group/CollegeBowl/archive/deltaburke2003/db03-2.rtf (4259 words)

	Beverly's Essays: The Amazons (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Men who lived in the Amazon society served in only servile positions.
		These Amazons mated for three months a year with a near by male tribe called the Gargareans.
		This, of course speaks nothing to the possibility that the Amazons were a largely lesbian or bisexual race of women as mating was necessary in order to continue their race.
	www.geocities.com /poetica_geo/bessay1.htm (978 words)

	The Secrecy of Eden - A Bravenet.com Hosted Site (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The Amazons probably lived in Pontus, from where they fought many battles.
		No men were allowed in the country of the Amazons, but once a year the Amazons visited their neighbours, the Gargareans, to prevent themselves from dying out.
		The male offspring got either killed or sent back to their fathers, while their daughters would be trained in hunting and warfare.
	www.thesecrecyofeden.bravehost.com /aphroditesapple.html (807 words)

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