AGANIPPE 'mare who kills mercifully'
A warrior and priestess of Artemis as Divine Hunter of Souls.

AGAMEDE 'very cunning'
Founder of a city named for herself on the Amazon colony of Lesbos.

AGAVE 'high born'
The exposure of newborn girls happened with appalling frequency in ancient Greek society, leading to the
establishment of numerous 'Parthenian Hills,' places to leave such unfortunate children. In response, the
movements of the many sacred hunters of Artemis and rangers of Athena began to cross these
hills on a regular basis. It was on one such trip that Agave was found. She was named for her rich wrappings,
which had been defaced to make her clan markings unreadable.

AKANTHA 'bright flower' or 'burning sun'
Amazon, priestess of Athena.

ALKIPPE 'might of horses'
She chose to remain celibate, channeling her energies as far as possible into her war skills and shamanism.
Alkippe became a respected trainer and advisor, as well as an esteemed warrior.

ALKYONE 'queen who keeps away (storms)'
Daughter of Archippe. She was named for a war and sea aspect of Aphrodite, better known as the sister of
Taygete the Pleiade.

ALEXIARES 'warding off war'
Amazon warrior and granddaughter of Hera. Like her grandmother, she commanded the winds.

ANYMONE 'defender who is without fault'
One Amazon by this name fought for Orithia. The other was a great heroine of the Libyan Amazons, who drew
water from a rock in the desert, saving her tribe.

ANAEA 'raising up'
She added considerably to the territory of the Thermodontine Amazons, establishing a city named for herself in
Karia opposite Hera's holy city of Samos. Her tomb there, like Orithia's at Megaera, Myrene's near Troy, and
Antiope's in Athens was a great pilgrimage site until Classical times. She was named for a Goddess associated
with Artemis.

ANAXILEA 'queenly lion'
An Amazon whose shield was emblazoned with a white bird, symbolizing Athena.

ANDRODAMEIA 'man fighter'
A queen of the Thermodontine Amazons who defeated one of the leading Greek generals in single combat
during the Third Doric Raid. Another Androdameia participated in the Attic War.

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.
The council during her reign included:

ANTIANARA/ANTIANEIRA 'against the sea'
This warrior of the Attic War so impressed her Greek enemies that Homer used her name as an adjective for any
Amazon. The name became common among Amazon queens, including the successor of Penthesilea.

ANTIOPE 'confronting Moon'
The history of this Amazon queen is confused by propaganda and the fact that she shares her name with a
warrior Goddess of Thebes. Antiope of Thebes was the second aspect of a triad of warrior Moon Goddesses.
She descended to the underworld at the New Moon, attended by the crone figure Dirke 'cleft.' Each time the
Moon reappeared after these few nights of darkness, Thebes rejoiced, and a bull, symbol of rebirth, was
sacrificed and feasted on. It is from the ceremony of tossing a round cake representing the Full Moon onto the
bull's horns that the gruesome tale of Dirke's death comes.
The queen of Thebes was the embodiment of Antiope on earth, her older advisor the embodiment of Dirke.
Occasionally their disagreements may have been severe enough to demand a ritual combat, or, more likely, the
ceremonial combat was performed on the night of the first rising of the Waxing Moon. Dirke 'lost' each month,
and the loss was well remembered. So much for Thebes.
The name Antiope was popular among the Amazons, for it was carried by a queen, a princess, and an archer
who gained fame in the Attic War. Queen Antiope's capture and removal to Athens by Greek pirates helped
instigate that war, which included a massive slave revolt. Her death at the hand of Molpadia was not for
treachery, but to save her from rape by the Athenian king.