留美老师带你每日说英文 第1112期:亚马逊女战士

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 Were Amazons merely figures of myth, or something more? It was long assumed that they were imaginary, like the cyclops and centaurs¹. But curiously² enough, stories from ancient Egypt, Persia, the Middle East, Central Asia, India, and China also featured Amazon-like warrior³ women.
亚马逊人纯粹只是神话里的人物，还是真的存在过呢？长久以来，人们都认为他们就像希腊神话中的独眼巨人和半人马怪兽一样，都是虚构的。但是，神奇地是：古埃及、波斯、中东、中亚、印度及中国都塑造了和亚马逊人很类似的女战士。