Amazonian women warriors, their battles with countless Greek heroes spread in different legends. Amazons originated in the valleys and forests of Jermonton in Bendus, Asia Minor. Their capital is Themiscyra Schula (today's Telmi on the Black Sea coast of Turkey) on the coast of Yousin. According to the custom, men are not allowed to enter Amazon's territory, but in order to carry on the family line, Amazons visit Gorje people in Caucasus every year ... According to the custom, men are not allowed to enter Amazon's territory, but Amazons visit Gorje people in Caucasus every year.
According to the records of Herodotus, a Greek historian, they came from Samaria, a grassland on the Black Sea (in present-day Ukraine), and some researchers said that the Amazonians originated from the valleys and forests of Asia Minor, and their capital was Mishula, a coastal area of Yuksen (in present-day Turkey).
Amazonians are an absolute feminist culture, but they also love Greek sculpture and painting. In the original picture of Amazon female soldiers, they dress like Greek soldiers, but usually only wear breastplates. After the Persian War in the 5th century BC, Amazon women warriors appeared in ancient books in the oriental style, wearing hats and trousers. And the description of only one breast has disappeared.
Hippocrates, a famous physician in ancient Greece and regarded as the "father of medicine" by the west, described it this way: "They don't have correct breasts. When they were teenagers, their mothers would cut off or corrode their right breasts with bronzes, so as to transfer all their strength to their right shoulders and right arms. " In ancient Greek, Amazon's "a-" and "mazons" together mean "no breasts".
However, in the rehabilitation works of many Amazon warriors in later generations, female warriors are healthy.
But the truth of this legend is debatable.
Amazons are basically similar to centaurs in Greek mythology, and they are used as villains who are killed after fighting heroes in Greek mythology.
Cutting the right chest is convenient for the right hand to pull the bow, highlighting the belligerence and cruelty of the Amazon.
Feminist scholars believe that Amazon women warriors are in a patriarchal society, and they feel terrible about a society that is completely composed of women or dominated by women. They used fairy tales to "educate" the ancient Greek people and implanted a savage and horrible image that was eventually destroyed by male heroes into the consciousness of ordinary people.
No matter from which angle, the existence of breasts has little effect on archery level.
On the contrary, mastectomy may reduce the archery level.
First of all, there should have been no perfect mastectomy. Once the operation is completed, the probability of wound infection and scar hyperplasia is quite high, which is not worth the candle.
Secondly, mastectomy may cause damage to pectoralis major. Pectoralis major plays an important role in pulling bowstring.
The tradition of Amazon women warriors originated from ancient Greek legends. In fact, what was really cut out was the word Amazon (A means "no", and the "mazon" part is homologous to "mammal" and means "milk").
This strange operation may not only enhance archery skills, but also show the heresy and cruelty of this fictional nation. However, from the ancient Greek paintings and sculptures preserved to this day, we have never really seen the image of a female warrior with her breasts cut off.
In addition, the prototype of Amazon female warrior is not from Amazon plain, but probably from Eastern Europe or West Asia. The "Amazon" in South America was named after the colonists saw indigenous women holding bows and arrows, borrowing ancient Greek allusions.