The term "Amazon" comes from the Greek tribe of "Tall & Muscular" women warriors. Buffy was neither, hence she was not an Amazon.
PS – Another interesting fact, one of the most prominent tribes in greek Mythology was the Lesbians, inhabitants of the Isle Of Lesbos. i always got a kick outta that.
Actually, in Ancient Greek times the original Amazon women were part of raiding Asiatic Nomad tribes, feared for their use of the bow and famous (though falsely so) for cutting off one breast in order to shoot their arrows better. They were also famous for their small but powerful stature and being fierce warriors.
The notion of the "tall & muscular" amazon came from early Victorian fiction as another way to describe the other and dangerous side of women -always in a negative connitation (except in Joseph Conrad's final chapter of Heart Of Darkness) to keep women (and men) under a form of control and conformity.
This is so often mistaken (like all things) in the modern context.
And, oddly enough, the (translated term) in Greek for what we would call 'Lesbians' was Saphist (followers of Sophie). The women of Lesbos were dedicated scholars and philosophier. The idea that they were all lovers and Saphists came from mainlaind Geece (mainly Athenian) propaganda to discredit their thinking and ideals. It had nothing to do with sexual or sexual preferences.
Yet another modern myth.
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