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	Diana of Themiscyra
		Diana of Themiscyra was the only child born to the legendary race of Amazons.
		The Amazons of Themiscyra were a race created by the pantheon of female goddesses in Greek mythology to help promise understanding between the genders.
		Promised by the Gods she worshipped that one day she would save the world, Diana has been bestowed with super strength, the ability to fly and the beauty of Aphrodite.
	www.ans.com.au /~gsuter/JDiana.htm (292 words)

	Amazons
		In modern usage, the word is often used to refer to strong and independent women, in contrast to conventional stereotypes of women as weak and passive.
		Amazons were said to have lived in Pontus near the shore of the Euxine Sea[?], where they formed an independent kingdom under the government of a queen with the capital being Themiscyra on the banks of the river Thermodon[?] (Herodotus iv.
		From this centre they made numerous warlike excursions -- to Scythia, Thrace, the coasts of Asia Minor and the islands of the Aegean Sea, even penetrating to Arabia, Syria and Egypt.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/an/Androktones.html (1229 words)

	Amazons - All About Turkey
		According to Greek mythology, Amazons were a warlike tribe of women descended from the god of war, Ares and the naiad Harmonia.
		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).
		It is said she led a force of women that were the first to use cavalry in battle.
	www.allaboutturkey.com /ita/amazon.htm (1392 words)

	Tekayla's Castle
		Amazons were a warlike tribe of women descended from the god of war, Ares and the naiad Harmonia.
		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, on the Black Sea coast of Turkey).
		It is said she led a force of women that were the first to use calvary in battle.
	members.tripod.com /~Tekayla/amazons.html (901 words)

	Pausanias: Description of Greece
		So, it seems, only the women did not lose through their defeats their reckless courage in the face of danger; Themiscyra was taken by Heracles, and afterwards the army which they dispatched to Athens was destroyed, but nevertheless they came to Troy to fight all the Greeks as well as the Athenians them selves.
		When the Amazons, having marched against the Athenians because of Antiope, were over come by Theseus, most of them met their death in the fight, but Hippolyte, the sister of Antiope and on this occasion the leader of the women, escaped with a few others to Megara.
		Having suffered such a military disaster, being in despair at her present situation and even more hopeless of reaching her home in Themiscyra, she died of a broken heart, and the Megarians gave her burial.
	members.tripod.com /~ancient_history/works/pausania.html (543 words)

	Fairfield University :: Amazonomachy
		The execution of the frieze slabs is rough and the pieces are carved in thick curves and lines.
		While the subject of the Amazonomachy is uncertain, it is thought to depict an attack on Themiscyra by Herakles.
		Themiscyra was the Amazonian capital founded on the coast of the Black Sea.
	www.fairfield.edu /x18611.xml (345 words)

	Amazon Way
		Priestess of Artemis, First Priestess of Themiscyra, Keeper of the Tale and member of the High Council.
		Themiscyra and Deoris draw from both history and the television shows Xena: Warrior Princess and Hercules: The Legendary Journeys.
		No invented language from these pages may be used elsewhere, as it is copyright to Themiscyra Amazons.
	www.angelfire.com /realm/deoris (239 words)

	History Facts
		Their opinions are not necessarily mine, nor do I claim to be anything more than an amateur historian trying to find where Themiscyra may have been.
		But while the city was walled, and easily defended, it couldn't compete with it's sister city, Samsun, which sat at the mouth of the river and was easily accessed by ships.
		She sent 1/3 of her tribe in one direction, another third the other way, and founded Themiscrya on the banks of the river.
	www.angelfire.com /realm/deoris/historyfacts.htm (542 words)

	Amazon Expeditions with Dawn - Explorer Amazon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		According to Greek legend, Themiscyra lay on the Thermodon River.
		If the water is twenty feet deep now, back in the Bronze Age, the area must have been damp and unpleasant, especially in the time before insecticides, when Turkey was plagued by malarial mosquitoes.
		Today this land is covered with hazelnut farms, which provide the hardworking Turkish farmers with a decent living.
	www.amazonworlds.com /index/AEexpedition2.htm (997 words)

	Toasted Cheese > Absolute Blank > July 2005
		Many thanks to Latrina and Talis, members of the online role-playing group Themiscyra Amazons, who allowed use of their excerpts in the following article.
		A community of all women, the authors are also the characters in an ongoing story all 34 of the members write together.
		Themiscyra encourages creativity in its members, but also edits for better writing ability as well.
	www.toasted-cheese.com /ab/05-07.htm (1403 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Themiscyra
		A titular see, suffragan of Amasea in the Hellespont.
		Mythology made this region the native land of these warrior-women.
		After Mithridates withdrew his troops from Cyzicus, Themiscyra was besieged by Lucullus and was courageously defended by the inhabitants.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/14566b.htm (203 words)

	Ancient Greek Sculptures
		It is believed they resided in Pontus, Asia Minor (modern day Turkey) but there are differing views as to how many nations of Amazons there were.
		The most famous came from Pontus, with Themiscyra as their capital, and it is said that it was this community who built Ephesus on the central west coast of Asia Minor (history records Ephesus as being built circa 1050 BCE.
		The name Amazon is believed to descend from the word amazoi which in Greek means "breast less", deriving from the legend that says they removed their young girls right breast, as to facilitate the drawing of the bow, as the bow and arrows were their main weapon.
	www.hellenic-art.com /statues/amazon.htm (209 words)

	More woa.tv :: Did the Amazons Really Exist?
		Themiscyra, their capital city, was rumored to be located on the Black Sea coast (near present-day Samsun, in northern Turkey), but Amazons were also associated with the goddess-worshipping city of Ephesus on the Aegean coast (now western Turkey).
		Amazons were feared and admired for their athletic beauty, and their images survive in ancient art.
		The most prominent Amazons include Penthesilea, who fought Achilles in the Trojan War; Antiope, won in a raid by Theseus and taken away to be his concubine (the Amazons invaded Athens to get her back, but they were defeated); and Myrina, queen of a race of African Amazons.
	www.woa.tv /articles/hi_amazonexist.html (936 words)

	Thebes, Herakles labors - The belt of Hypolyte
		The girdle of Hyppolyte, hydria 430 BC In the ninth labor, Herakles was commanded by king Eurystheus to bring the girdle of Hyppolyte, queen of the Amazons, in order to make it a present to his daughter Admete.
		After many adventures, Herakles found the queen at Themiscyra and Hippolyte promised to give him the girdle, but Hera spread the rumor to the rest of Amazons, that their queen was in danger.
		There was a fierce battle between Herakles with the Amazons, in which Herakles slew Hyppolyte and many others.
	www.sikyon.com /Thebes/Labors/labor_eg09.html (185 words)

	Amazons
		Their homes were usually said to be at the mouth of the river Themiscyra, in Pontus, a region in Asia Minor (northern Anatolian Turkey).
		Though, in the Aethiopis (Epic Cycle), the unknown author says that the Amazons under Penthesileia came from Thrace (modern European Turkey, and mostly in Bulgaria), instead of Asia Minor.
		According to the Argonautica, Jason and the Argonauts avoided the Themiscyra, when Zeus sends a north-west wind so the Argo could not land on Amazonian shore.
	www.timelessmyths.com /classical/amazons.html (3405 words)

	Religious Cults Associated with the Amazons: Chapter I: The Amazons in Greek Legend
		For the first time we hear of Themiscyra on the Thermodon as the home-city of the Amazons.
		He speaks of their migrating thence to Themiscyra, while Herodotus holds the opposite theory, that they migrated from an original home at Themiscyra to Scythia.
		that Themiscyra, the plain thereabouts, and the overhanging mountains belonged to the Amazons, and that they were driven from this home.
	www.sacred-texts.com /wmn/rca/rca02.htm (4253 words)

	The Mysterious Magic-women of the Hittites (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		These golden snake bracelets were found near Samsun on the Black sea coast in Turkey, in the region where the writers of Ancient Greece place the Amazons' great city of Themiscyra.
		This is a photo of me standing in the fortress of Giresun, not far along the coast from the site of Themiscyra.
		Certainly the whole area around Samsum and Giresun is a treasure-trove for anyone wanting to investigate the Amazon myth.
	www.womanwarrior.co.uk /Hittite.html (488 words)

	Outcyclopedia - Amazons
		Descended from the war god Ares and the sea goddess Harmonia, they were known and feared for their ruthlessness and savagery in battle.
		Amazons were credited with the founding of the city of Themiscyra in Asia Minor, and also with Ephesus, center of an important cult of the goddess Artemis in classical times.
		Hercules had to steal the girdle of the Amazon Queen Hippolyta as one of his twelve labors, and even served for a time as the slave of another Amazon queen, Omphale.
	members.fortunecity.com /outcyclopedia/amazons.html (438 words)

	The Amazon Chronicles by Jane E. M. Robinson
		Themiscyra, the mythical city of Amazons, lies a season's journey to the north and west of the walls of Troy.
		Penthesilea is an Amazon warrior sworn to protect Themiscyra and her citizens.
		When Thesesus and his band of companions arrive at the city of free woman, Penthesilea is suspicious of their motives.
	www.glbtfantasy.com /?section=single&revid=361 (228 words)

	Wonder Woman I
		Hippolyta, however, got free with help from the goddesses and freed as well as her companions, vanquishing the soldiers, but losing the belt, for Heracles was already gone.
		She then went to the beach and built a baby in the sand, and the goddess gave life to the statue, who was named Diana, the future Wonder Woman.
		Lately, Diana has had a quarrel with her mother, for Hippolyta, knowing a prophecy about the death of Wonder Woman, held a new competition to chose another one to play the role.
	members.fortunecity.com /mjstauffer/Characters/Members/WonderWomanI.htm (830 words)

	Amazon Expeditions with Dawn - Explorer Amazon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		This morning is fresh and cool, and we are driving west from Themiscyra, across Turkey's bleak Anatolian Plateau.
		Hattusas was contemporary with Themiscyra, reaching its heyday in the thirteenth through tenth centuries BCE, so our Amazon ancestors would have visited here for commerce.
		Nancy and I are standing in the center of what was once a temple.
	www.amazonworlds.com /index/AEexpedition3.htm (602 words)

	Wonder Woman II
		Following tradition on the Amazon Island, Diana was raised as a warrior, but she always had a desire to explore peaceful options to resolve conflicts.
		As Wonder Woman, Diana was an ambassador from the Themiscyra to Patriarch's World, teaching the message of peace and equality by her own example.
		Her graceful and confident manner smoothes over what might be regarded as arrogance to some of her colleagues, making her a popular member of the JLA.
	members.fortunecity.com /mjstauffer/Characters/Members/WonderWomanII.htm (525 words)

	Regeln für den Aufenthalt in Themiscyra - Worlds Mirror
		Wer bereits einmal in Themiscyra war, kann auf Wunsch ebenfalls auf eine Amazone warten, oder das Tor alleine passieren.
		Es gibt zahlreiche Sklaven in Themiscyra, doch werden sie von den Amazonen eher als Bedienstete denn als Sklaven betrachtet.
		Der Wald nördlich von Themiscyra, hinter dem See, darf von Amazonen und Gästen gleichermaßen betreten werden und spendet Ruhe und Entspannung.
	www.worlds-mirror.de /showthread.php?t=8857 (611 words)

	AMAZONS, Greek Mythology Link - www.maicar.com
		It is assumed that the Gargarians and the AMAZONS were a single people living in Themiscyra, until the AMAZONS revolted and expelled them to Caucasus, being supported by Thracians and Euboeans.
		Later however, the AMAZONS made a compact with them on the matter of children.
		But others simply say that a warlike woman took power in Themiscyra and assigned domestic duties to men, while herself led successful military campaigns throughout the whole coast, from Caucasus to Thrace.
	homepage.mac.com /cparada/GML/AMAZONS.html (1537 words)

	Justice League Animated www.JLanimated.com - Villains
		As a child Arestia's family was a victim of a war.
		The captain died saving her life and is the only man buried on Themiscyra.
		The Amazons gave Arestia their strength and agility, but Arestia was vengeful, and blamed men for the death of her family.
	www.jlanimated.com /villains/index.php?id=30 (222 words)

	Beginnings and Endings
		Diodorus gives us a very detailed account of the existence of Amazons along the Thermodon river, led by a woman.
		Upon the men “she fastened humiliation and slavery.” In general, this queen was remarkable for her intelligence and her ability as a general, and she founded a great city named Themiscyra at the mouth of the Thermodon river and built there a famous palace.
		Founded Themiscyra, along the Thermodon River; led by a queen; history of Libyan Amazons
	people.uncw.edu /deagona/amaz/beginnings.htm (1317 words)

	Amazons
		The place we see the most evidence of them is painted on pots and fighting with Greeks.
		The stories go that they started off in the Caucasus Range and eventually settled at the point where the Thermodon River met the Euxine (the Black Sea) and founded Themiscyra.
		Now, why they were cool: they were the first humans, according to myth, of course, to ride on horseback, and they were awesome warriors (always strong and often tragic in the early major battles of the Greeks), and, best of all, they were a matriarchy.
	www.paleothea.com /Amazons.html (1524 words)

	Origins and Endings
		Diodorus gives us a very detailed account of the existence of Amazons along the Thermodon river, led by a Queen whom he never names.
		Upon the men “she fastened humiliation and slavery.” In general, this queen was remarkable for her intelligence and her ability as a general, and she founded a great city named Themiscyra at the mouth of the Thermodon river and built there a famous palace.
		Founded Themiscyra, along the Thermodon River; led by a queen; Libyan Amazons
	people.uncw.edu /deagona/amazons/orgins2.htm (1403 words)

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