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Amazons is a 1986 Argentine-American fantasy adventure film directed by Alejandro Sessa and starring Penelope Reed, Danitza Kingsley, Joseph Whipp, Ty Randolph, and Jacques Arndt. [ 1 ] The screenplay was written by Charles R. Saunders , based on his short story Agbewe’s Sword , which first appeared in the 1979 anthology Amazons! [ 2 ]
Departure of the Amazons, by Claude Deruet, 1620, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The origin of the word is uncertain. [13] It may be derived from an Iranian ethnonym *ha-mazan-'warriors', a word attested indirectly through a derivation, a denominal verb in Hesychius of Alexandria's gloss "ἁμαζακάραν· πολεμεῖν.
Reconstruction of the late antique Hunting Amazons mosaic. The Amazons were a group or race of female warriors in Ancient Greek mythology. Most of them are only briefly named in one or two sources, either as companions of Penthesilea at the Trojan War, or as being killed by Heracles during his 12 labours.
Fictional Amazons (2 C, 2 P) K. Fictional female knights (15 P) N. ... Pages in category "Fictional female warriors" The following 69 pages are in this category, out ...
The Amazons (in Greek, Ἀμαζόνες) were a mythical and ancient nation of 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 .
The Warrior and the Sorceress (1984) Barbarian Queen (1985) The Black Cauldron (1985, animated) Ladyhawke (1985) Legend (1985) Red Sonja (1985) Starchaser: The Legend of Orin (1985) Wizards of the Lost Kingdom (1985) Amazons (1986) Highlander (1986) The Barbarians (1987) Deathstalker II (1987) (Mio in) The Land of Faraway (1987) Stormquest ...
Julie Guthrie introduced the Lords of Light and Decay boxes sets (#8801, 8802), a line of Fantasy Personalities II, and added the Cyberpunk line. Janine Bennett introduced a range of Amazons (#3312) which were suitable for use with Fantasy Warriors. [25] [26] In 1992 Grenadier Models underwent a period of revitalization.
The remaining villagers are slaughtered. Queen Amethea, her handmaiden Estrild and the female warrior Tiniara (Susana Traverso) survive the attack and set out for Arrakur's city to rescue the prisoners and seek revenge for the destruction of their village. Along the way, the three women come across a small encampment of Arrakur's forces.