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"Pictures of Amazons on vase paintings always show them as beautiful, active, spirited, courageous, and brave."

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About Adrienne Mayor

Adrienne Mayor is an American historian of ancient science and classical folklore. She is known for scholarship on ancient myths, natural history, and warfare, including work on the concept of Amazons in antiquity. She is affiliated with Stanford University as a research scholar.

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