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Excerpt from The Amazons in Antiquity and Modern Times
Etymology will not help us much, though it has been relied upon by controversialists. Any argument founded on the descriptive nature of the word, or on its somewhat suspicious many-sidedness, must prove a double-edged weapon, as likely to injure the wielder as his Opponent. Besides the Obvious breastless (cz-772622072) and moon (mam), we are Offered a choice Of a variety Of interpretations conveying to us such meanings as vestals, girdle-bearers, and other synonyms, also game eaters and eaters Of strong foods. But after all the word is hybrid Greek, not a native name, and may be classed as a nickname, itself much younger than the supposed state; and then, naturally, it would be as comprehensively descriptive as the ingenuity Of man could devise. We may, therefore, leave the etymologists to the labyrinthine twistings Of their own wordy warfare. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
