(warrior) In Greek mythology, a member of a group of female warriors living near the Black Sea, who cut off their right breasts to use the bow more easily. Their queen Penthesilea was killed by Achilles at the siege of Troy. The term Amazon has come to mean a large, strong woman.
The Amazons attacked Theseus and besieged him at Athens, but were defeated, and Theseus took the Amazon Hippolyta captive; she later gave birth to Hippolytus.
1. A major South American river; flows into the South Atlantic; the world's 2nd longest river (4000 miles); Also called: Amazon River.
2. (Greek mythology) One of a nation of women warriors of Scythia (who burned off the right breast in order to use a bow and arrow more effectively).