Amazons

Summary

Amazons is a group of Greek mythical characters^[1]. Amazons ranks in the top 2% of group_of_greek_mythical_characters entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (23,774 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Amazons is recorded as female^[3].
• Amazons's instance of is recorded as group of Greek mythical characters^[4].
• Amazons's instance of is recorded as mythical people^[5].
• Amazons's instance of is recorded as fictional tribe^[6].
• Amazons is a type of mythological Greek character^[7].
• Amazons's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Amazons (Greek mythology)^[8].
• Amazons's facet of is recorded as warrior woman^[9].
• Amazons's depicted by is recorded as Head of Amazon Herculaneum type, PMT 161^[10].
• Amazons's depicted by is recorded as Amazon and Barbarian, PMT 169^[11].
• Amazons's depicted by is recorded as Amazon^[12].
• Amazons's depicted by is recorded as Amazon^[13].
• Amazons's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[14].
• Amazons's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language, Second Edition^[15].
• Amazons's described by source is recorded as Encyclopedic Lexicon^[16].
• Amazons's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[17].
• Amazons's described by source is recorded as Infernal Dictionary, 6th ed.^[18].
• Amazons's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[19].
• Amazons's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[20].
• Amazons's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa^[21].
• Amazons's described by source is recorded as Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon^[22].
• Amazons's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[23].
• Amazons's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary^[24].
• Amazons's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia^[25].
• Amazons's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work^[26].
• Amazons's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include group of Greek mythical characters^[4], mythical people^[5], and fictional tribe^[6]. Amazons is a type of mythological Greek character^[7].

Influence

Things named for Amazons include Amazon^[28], a river^[29], in Peru^[30]; Amazonis Planitia^[31], a planitia^[32]; 1042 Amazone^[33], an asteroid^[34]; and Amazon feminism^[35].

Why It Matters

Amazons ranks in the top 2% of group_of_greek_mythical_characters entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (23,774 views/month).^[2] Amazons has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[36] Amazons is known by 65 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[37]

Entities named for Amazons include Amazon^[28], a river^[29], in Peru^[30]; Amazonis Planitia^[31], a planitia^[32]; 1042 Amazone^[33], an asteroid^[34]; and Amazon feminism^[35].