ANDROMACHE 'man fighter'
One of the greatest of all the queens of the Thermodontine Amazons. Known for her bravery, she was consistently victorious in battle.

Ruling with Glauke 'owl,' and Iphito 'shield strength' whom she also fought
with side by side, her most famous conflict was with a horde of Greek pirates. The battle was later known as the First Doric Raid.

Andromache successfully united the Thermodontine and Libyan Amazons against the invaders, resulting in a Libyan blockade that prevented the arrival of Greek reinforcements. At the height of the battle, she fought with her hair unbound, insuring that she remained a clear rallying point for her forces, and that no false claims could be made that she had died.

CYRENE 'sovereign mistress of the bridle,' 'she of the hair or ax'

Named for a sun Goddess, she founded the Libyan Amazon tribe later known as the Sirens, who lived in a city named for her on the North African coast.

She had three sisters, Alkaia 'mighty one,' Themisto 'the oracular,' and
Astygeneia 'bearer of queens.' An expert with the sword and javelin, she frightened away potential invaders by inviting them to watch her wrestle wild lions.

Her consort Xantho 'yellow' was almost as famous for her skills in
hunting as her connections with the fierce Amazon queen.

Cyrene's people in general were as known for their exports of the herb silphium and red leather as for piracy. Like many coastal peoples, they were shrewd, prosperous traders, willing to salvage any wrecks that washed up on their shores.

Their continued practice of the old Goddess centred religion shows in their later portrayals, sometimes as mermaids singing enchantments.

They were prophets who could read the past and look into the future. Other
times they were bird bodied, heads, necks, and breasts showing in a way that makes them difficult to tell from Harpies.

Usually there were two or three of them, representing the Death Goddess in her light and dark or Triple Goddess aspect. When the Sirens were threefold, they made up a musical trio of flute, lyre, and voice, which may have been a typical arrangement for sacred music.

A second Siren colony was located on a Mediterranean island in Classical times, matching accounts of former Amazon Nation members in the area. Several sets of Sirens were known to Classical storytellers.

PENTHESILEA 'compelling men to mourn'

Daughter of Kleite or Orithia, ruler of the Thermodontine Amazons with her sister Hippolyta and Antianeira, who eventually succeeded her. She had Thrakian roots, and this along with a call for help from the besieged queen of Troy led her to lead a small force to the city's aid.

The Amazons temporarily freed the city, and Penthesilea killed Achilles, leader of the Myrmidonian Greeks. Contrary to some claims, he was not brought back to life again.

He was named for a mythological figure representing the half of the year when the Sun waxes, while Agamemnon fills in for the waning Sun.

They dueled in order to show off their skills to the Moon Goddess Briseis. Of course she chose the waxing Sun at Winter Solstice and the waning Sun at Summer Solstice. The tale was grafted into the story of the fall of Troy.

In any case, the next battle led to Troy's defeat. Penthesilea was killed by treachery, stabbed in the back by one of the infamous priests of Apollo who had betrayed the city.

Again contrary to popular belief, Penthesilea was
not part of last flair of greatness from a dying Nation. Homeric Troy fell around 1200 BCE, a full six centuries before the official political demise of the Northern Amazon Nation.

What she probably does represent is the beginning of the retreat of Goddess worshipping peoples in Asia Minor in the face of continuing violence from invaders.

PANTARISTE 'best of all'

Scythian Amazon who led an attack on Greek pirate captains during the Second Doric Raid. She pursued two Greeks going to warn their compatriots armed with her spear and shield, which was emblazoned with a white sphinx. Throwing her spear at one Greek so hard that she pinned him to the ground and couldn't get it loose,
she killed the other with her bare hands.

MYRTO 'Sea Goddess'

Named for Aphrodite as a stormy, warlike Sea Goddess, this Amazon warrior was mother of Autolycus, who
was later conveniently stripped of his Amazon associations.

Euryleia 'wide wandering'

Aina 'swiftness'

Alkibia 'force of might'

Harmothoe 'sharp nail'

Deinomache 'terrible warrior'

Amynome 'blameless defender'