For other uses, including the Amazon Rainforest & Amazon River see Amazon (disambiguation)

The Amazons (in Greek, ) were a mythical ancient nation of all-female warriors Herodotus placed them in a region bordering Scythia in Sarmatia. The histories and legends in Greek mythology may be inspired by warrior women among the Sarmatians. Amongst the nomadic Sarmatians women fought alongside men defending their villages or families. As far as it can be determined, these were ordinary, child-rearing women, not the muscle-bound man-haters depicted in mythology. An indication of this is that they were always buried alongside their men, so the legend of an all female race is unlikely to be true.