Wonder Woman: Artemis and the Amazons

Greeced Lightning supports a permanent end to the violence and genocide in Gaza. We encourage you to take action however you are able.Today Sam and Sara dive into the world of the Amazons, including: misogynistic geographers, Artemis/Diana’s rage, poorly designed armor, chaotic special effects, and crimes against the voice of David Thewlis.Ovid's Metamorphoses 3.138-252 - A.S. Kline's translation of the story of Actaeon (including his dog's names)Caledonia etymologyGrave of Female Scythian Warrior Found in Ukraine | Ancient OriginsReal Scythian warrior womenDiana of Versailles - 1st-2nd c. CE Roman version of a Greek statue (we think), now in the Louvre.Callimachus's Hymn 3 to ArtemisRiding Amazon - 5th c. amphora depicting a riding Amazon. Note she is wearing pants! This was a peculiarly Persian/“Eastern” thing in the mind of Greeks.Homeric Hymn 27 to ArtemisHeracles v. Amazons - 6th c. BCE vase depicting Heracles fighting the Amazons (note the gendered difference in skin tone)Strabo's Geography 11.5 - Strabo's interesting take on the Amazons.Herodotus's Histories 4.110 - On Scythia and the AmazonsPs.-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca - Heracles's labor among the Amazons is covered in 2.5.9.