Amazon kingdom

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The Amazon kingdom is a legendary matriarchal realm of warrior women from Greek mythology, ruled by the Amazon queen Hippolyta.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf female warrior society
legendary realm
location in Greek mythology
matriarchal society
mythological kingdom
appearsIn myths of Heracles
myths of Theseus
myths of the Trojan War
associatedWithCulture Ancient Greece
linked to: Greek Antiquity
associatedWithDeity Ares
Artemis
genderStructure women-dominated
hasCapital Themiscyra
hasGovernmentType matriarchy
hasInhabitants Amazons
hasNotableFigure Antiope
Hippolyta
linked to: Queen Hippolyta

Myrina
Penthesilea
hasRuler Antiope
Hippolyta
linked to: Queen Hippolyta

Penthesilea
hasTheme boundary between civilization and wilderness
conflict between sexes
female martial valor
influenced Renaissance depictions of warrior women
later Amazon motifs in art
modern fictional Amazon societies
knownFor archery skills
female cavalry
horsemanship
matrilineal customs
warrior women
locatedInTradition Greek mythology
locatedNear Thermodon River
mentionedBy Apollonius of Rhodes
Diodorus Siculus
Herodotus
narrativeRole exotic frontier society
symbol of inversion of Greek gender norms
opposedTo patriarchal Greek city-states
realityStatus mythical, not historically verified
sourceType classical historiography
epic poetry
oral tradition
status legendary

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Queen Hippolyta domain Amazon kingdom