"The nomads' egalitarian lifestyle astonished the Greeks, who kept their own women indoors weaving and minding children. The exotic Scythian lifestyle fueled the Greek imagination and led to an outpouring of myths about fierce Amazons, 'the equals of men.'"
Adrienne Mayor is an American historian of ancient science and classical folklore. She is known for scholarship on ancient myths, natural history, and warfare, including work on the concept of Amazons in antiquity. She is affiliated with Stanford University as a research scholar.