Aim and Objective

Rather, ten times, die in the surf, heralding the way to a new world, than stand idly on the shore. (Florence Nightingale)

he fact is that there are a multitude of unsolved historical mysteries that, due to certain implausible aspects, are regarded by most people today as pure fiction.
Scientific research usually disregards these »incredible« stories. If Heinrich Schliemann and Arthur Evans had thought the same way, Troy would not yet have been discovered, and Knossos would still be hidden underground.

he myth of the Amazons holds a special place in this regard. Stories about women who were able to exist without men - and who, moreover, successfully resisted men in battle and even defeated them - could never have been true, at least according to scholarly opinion!
Thus, these stories were classified as works of fantasy, even though most ancient writers left no doubt that they regarded the legend of the Amazons as a true story.
Since it is hard to imagine today that a people of warrior women ever actually existed, most contemporary historians either disregard the numerous accounts of the Amazons entirely or emphasize primarily those aspects of the legend that seem completely unrealistic, in order to relegate the myth as a whole to the realm of fantasy.