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Amazons -- warrior women or ancient myth?	http://tx.essortment.com/amazonswarrior_ryci.htm Did Amazon warrior women, the Antiope and Hippolyte, belong to an extinct matriarchal warrior society? Or were they simply fictional characters depicted in ancient Greek mythology?

Who were the Amazons?	http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/ aegean/amazons/amazonwho.html What is known of the actual Amazons within the Aegean is very little, and yet intrigue about a race of dominant warrior women in the bronze age has flourished from ancient times into the present.

The Amazons	http://www.myrine.at/Amazons/ Is there more behind these famous warrior women than mere fantasy? Join in a virtual archaeological expedition to fathom this mysterious myth.

Homer's THE ILIAD	http://classics.mit.edu/Homer/iliad.html Read the entire text online.

The Trojan War	http://ancienthistory.about.com/cs/troyilium/a/trojanwar.htm A sequence of major events in the Trojan War.

The Trojan War: The Judgement of Paris	http://www.royalty.nu/legends/Troy.html According to legend, the chain of events that led to the Trojan War started at a royal wedding.

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