Signup for your FREE trial to The Great Courses Plus here: http://ow.ly/35Un30qtOg5 →→Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut?sub_confirmation=1 Follow Simon on social media: https://twitter.com/SimonWhistler https://www.instagram.com/simonwhistler/ Never run out of things to say at the water cooler with TodayIFoundOut! Brand new videos 7 days a week! More from TodayIFoundOut: The Fruit That Tastes Like Chocolate Pudding, Is White Chocolate Actually Chocolate, and Much More https://youtu.be/Owvyq93M00Y What's the Difference Between a Pony and a Horse, and a Donkey and a Mule? https://youtu.be/U5Jh-jBlNoM In this video: They are mentioned time and again by the ancient Greeks in both their history and mythology, going all the way back to around the 8th century B.C. They were described as formidable warriors who were so dedicated to their craft that they cut off one breast to be better archers. They lived in female-only communities, taking male lovers only once a year, solely for the purpose of procreation. These ferocious, independent, goddess-worshipping women were called the Amazons. Want the text version?: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2020/03/did-the-warrior-women-known-as-the-amazons-ever-actually-exist/ Sources: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/amazon-women-there-any-truth-behind-myth-180950188/?no-ist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazons https://www.newyorker.com/books/joshua-rothman/real-amazons https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2020/01/14/amazon-women-archaeology-myths https://www.greeka.com/greece-myths/amazons/ https://news.stanford.edu/news/2014/october/amazons-truth-book-10-28-2014.html http://ec2-54-235-253-171.compute-1.amazonaws.com/wnet/secrets/amazon-warrior-women-background/1466/ http://ancienthistory.about.com/cs/women1/a/amazons1.htm http://www.greeka.com/greece-myths/amazons.htm http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/18722/Amazon-River http://w