Adriana Babeţi

The Amazons. On names



An excerpt from the volume The Amazons. A Story, in print at Polirom Publishers, the chapter On Names aims at registering and interpreting the almost 20 etymologies generated by the Amazons’ names. This attempt goes beyond the strictly linguistic framework and dwells on mythology, history, art history, comparative literature and cultural anthropology, setting the premise for a detailed research of the Amazons’ myth, as it was created and promoted in the history of the European culture.