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ksbal wrote in post #18695678
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The Amazons were supposed to have cut their left breasts off!

Roy Mathers wrote in post #18695720
The Amazons were supposed to have cut their left breasts off!

Did you not want to say "The Amazons were supposed to have cut their left breasts off

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Stiga wrote in post #18695787
Did you not want to say "The Amazons were supposed to have cut their left breasts off

That's what he said–but wasn't it their right breasts, the ones alleged to interfere with drawing a bow?

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for the record...Article on Amazons

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OhLook wrote in post #18695793
That's what he said–but wasn't it their right breasts, the ones alleged to interfere with drawing a bow?

I stand corrected, it was the right breast - and for the reason you stated. (I'm not sure what Martin's post meant!).

In the mosque.

Roy Mathers wrote in post #18695813
I stand corrected, it was the right breast - and for the reason you stated. (I'm not sure what Martin's post meant!).

Martins point was the unhappy face.


Apparently, the articles point was lost.

I shall quote the article:

"This fake "fact" has stuck like superglue for more than 2,500 years. It first surfaced in 490 BC when a patriotic Greek historian attempted to force a Greek meaning on the foreign word "Amazon." Because "mazon" sounded something like the Greek word for "breast" and "a" meant "without," he claimed the name meant that the Amazons cut off one breast so they could draw a bow.
Not only was his dodgy idea rejected by other Greeks of his day, but no ancient artist ever bought the notion -- all Amazons in Greek and Roman art are double-breasted. And as any fan of "The Hunger Games" knows, breasts do not hinder female archers."

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OhLook wrote in post #18695793
That's what he said–but wasn't it their right breasts, the ones alleged to interfere with drawing a bow?

Perhaps you missed that I changed the emoticon - or was I trying to be too subtle?