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In Greek mythology, the Amazons () were either an ancient legendary nation of female warriors or a land dominated by women at the outer edges of their known world. The legends appear to have a nugget of factual basis in warrior women among the Scythians, but classical Greeks never ceased to be astounded at such role-reversals. Women in classical Greek society were expected to be passive and dependent on males. In early modern usage, the word is often used to refer to strong and independent women.
Etymology
The name is probably derived from an Iranian ethnonym, *ha-mazan-, originally meaning "warriors". A connected word is probably the Hesychius gloss ("to make war", containing the Indo-Iranian root kar- "make" also in kar-ma). More on [ Amazons ]
@misrule_au DVD! From the Amazons.
twitofalili (Lili Wilkinson) Thu, 31 Dec 2009 13:06:32 -0000
@misrule_au DVD! From the Amazons.
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neta__ (neta) Thu, 31 Dec 2009 11:28:00 -0000
Twitterのサーバーってクラウドじゃないんだなぁ。アイコン画像だけAmazonS3使っているだけのようだ。 http://j.mp/66HJOD [Twitter、NTT Americaをチョイス - 理由は信頼性 | ネット | マイコミジャーナル]
Everything came in time for New Year lol, specially after Amazons mess up. Such perfect planning.
chapuys (Kevyn Taylor) Thu, 31 Dec 2009 09:49:46 -0000
Everything came in time for New Year lol, specially after Amazons mess up. Such perfect planning.
RT @Conservativeind: @exposeliberals No I agree w/ you... calling MO an Amazon is absolutely not racist IMO // Insults Amazons as well :-)
horizon3 (Horizon3) Thu, 31 Dec 2009 07:41:08 -0000
RT @Conservativeind: @exposeliberals No I agree w/ you... calling MO an Amazon is absolutely not racist IMO // Insults Amazons as well :-)
@_Shpresa_ haha that works then...Amazons aren't really my type lol
Gemini_360 (Alfonso Johnson) Thu, 31 Dec 2009 07:32:25 -0000
@_Shpresa_ haha that works then...Amazons aren't really my type lol
@alisavaldes and cut down whole swaths of the amazons to raise said cattle
blogdiva (Liza Sabater) Thu, 31 Dec 2009 07:01:07 -0000
@alisavaldes and cut down whole swaths of the amazons to raise said cattle
Amazon Unofficial Home Page - Small: includes a copy of the (1997) call for the first Amazon tournament for computer players, and several sample games played.
Amazong - Java applet for playing amazons, with a strong computer player, written by Jens Lieberum.
Chess Variants - Amazons - Detailed history of the game, description of rules, and an old (1995) copy of Michael Keller's Windows implementation.
Play-by-eMail Amazons - Play with 2 players from the standard starting position, or with 3-4 players with other starting positions.
Talk by Martin Müller: Arrows: A Program that Plays Amazons - Streaming-video 30-minute talk held at MSRI during the Combinatorial Game Theory Research Workshop, July 24-28, 2000. Describes some of the issues involved in designing and theories behind building a reasonable Amazons computer player.
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