Postcolonial Amazons: Female Masculinity and Courage in Ancient Greek and Sanskrit Literature

Synopsis

Scholars Have Long Been Divided Over Whether The Amazons Of Greek Legend Actually Existed. 'postcolonial Amazons' Offers A Ground-breaking Re-evaluation Of The Place Of Martial Women In Antiquity, Bridging The Gap Between Myth And Reality By Expanding Our Conception Of The Amazon Archetype To Include The Real Female Warriors Of The Ancient World. Introduction -- Female Masculinity And Courage In Ancient Greek Thought -- Orientalized Amazons: From Imagined To Historical Warrior Women -- Postcolonial Amazons: Decentering Athenian Perspectives To Rethink Warrior Women And Matriarchy -- Greek And Persian Warrior Queens: Herodotus' Artemisia In Ethnic Perspective -- Hellenistic Warrior Queens: From The Battlefield To The Throne -- Civilized Amazons: Women Bodyguards And Hunters In Ancient India And Persia -- Epilogue. Walter Duvall Penrose, Jr. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 273-300) And Index.