Bibliography : p. 77 BIBLIOGRAPHY Bergmann, F. G. Les Amazones dans l'histoire et dans la fable. Colmar. Undated. Bethe, E. Article on the Minos Legends. Rheinisches Museum, Vol. 65, 1910. British School Annual, Vol. 14, 1907-08; Vol. 15, 1908-09; Vol. 16, 1909-10. Reports of Excavations in Sparta. Burrows, R. M...
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Chapter I. The Amazons In Greek Legend : p. 1 CHAPTER I THE AMAZONS IN GREEK LEGEND The "Iliad" contains two direct references to the Amazons:--namely, in the story of Bellerophon 1 and in a passage from the famous teichoscopy. 2 The context to which the first of these belongs is classed by critics as an "echo" from the pre-Homeric sag...
Conclusion : p. 73 CONCLUSION The Amazons were votaries of Cybele, Artemis under the surnames Ephesia, Tauropolos, Lyceia, and Astrateia, Apollo called Amazonian, and Ares. The striking feature of the list is the homogeneity of its components. This is no fortuitous circumstance, for the authors from whom it...
Chapter Iii. Ephesian Artemis : p. 30 CHAPTER III EPHESIAN ARTEMIS The magnificent temple of which Christian writers speak as that of "the great goddess whom all Asia and the world worshippeth" replaced the earlier and more famous shrine which burned to the ground on the night of Alexander's birth. Two hundred and twenty years...
Chapter V. Ares : p. 57 CHAPTER V ARES The legend of the Amazons was not superficially rooted at Athens. This is proved by the fact that it found expression in cult practice at one of the greater festivals of the state. Before the "Thesea" the Athenians annually offered sacrifice to the Amazons, thus commemorating...
Untitled : After I finished the etext of The Amazons, I did a search to see if there was any other material on the same subject in the public domain. This dissertation is the only other item that turned up. Bennett's thesis explores the possible religious beliefs of the Amazons. She examines the legend...
Chapter Ii. The Great Mother : p. 17 CHAPTER II THE GREAT MOTHER More primitive than the worship of the gods under anthropomorphic form is the custom of reverencing this or that deity in baetylic or aniconic shape, a habit of religious cult for which there is ample evidence in the writings and monuments of the Greeks. This...
Chapter Iv. Artemis Astrateia And Apollo Amazonius : p. 40 CHAPTER IV ARTEMIS ASTRATEIA AND APOLLO AMAZONIUS Pausanias 193 says that there were two ways of accounting for the name of the town Pyrrhichus in southern Greece. One derived it from Pyrrhus, son of Achilles, the other, from Pyrrhichus, a god of "the so-called Curetes." There was also...
