Wonder Woman: Artemis and the Amazons

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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 etymology
• Grave of Female Scythian Warrior Found in Ukraine | Ancient Origins
• Real Scythian warrior women
• Diana of Versailles - 1st-2nd c. CE Roman version of a Greek statue (we think), now in the Louvre.
• Callimachus's Hymn 3 to Artemis
• Riding 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 Artemis
• Heracles 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 Amazons
• Ps.-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca - Heracles's labor among the Amazons is covered in 2.5.9.