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I didn't realize Greece the country stopped existing.

freehunter 8y ago
That highly depends on what you mean by "Greece the country". When the Greek mythologies about the Amazons were written, there was no "Greece the country". Greece didn't become a country until thousands of years later. Hell it didn't even stop being part of the Roman Empire until the 1400s. We could have a long debate about whether the modern country of Greece has any relationship to the ancient Greek city-states, but I think that's entirely beside the point.
- praneshp 8y ago
  Of course it is beside the point. I was being pedantic to the pedantic "they can have priority when they show up", where I presumed "they" was the goddesses.
  - PhasmaFelis 8y ago
    You've misunderstood me. I was poking fun at Ryanlol's comment. Here's some actual pedantry: the Amazons weren't goddesses. They were a tribe of human warriors.
    - wahern 8y ago
      If Wonder Woman is just human how was she born with superhuman powers? Those things are mutually exclusive. > All Themyscirian Amazons possess various degrees of superhuman strength, speed, stamina and extraordinarily acute senses and the ability to glide on aircurrents. ... Themyscirian Amazons also possess immortality that allows them to live indefinitely in a youthful form.... Themyscirian Amazons also possess the ability to relieve their bodies of physical injury and toxins by becoming one with the Earth's soil and then reforming their bodies whole again.
- weberc2 8y ago
  When was "The Amazon" a country? We're talking at best about "an identity"--I say "at best" because the Greeks have consistently had a Greek identity regardless of their political configuration at any point in history, while I'm not sure "The Amazon Nations" is an identity at all, much less a deeply-held or particularly old identity.
dragonwriter 8y ago
None of the polities in the area now called “Greece” from the time in question still exist, and the one called “Greece” in English was formed much later.
PhasmaFelis 8y ago
The mythical Amazons never existed, and even in myth they didn't live in Greece. I bought a bag of King Arthur-brand flour the other day. Should Great Britain be allowed to take over their domain name?

That highly depends on what you mean by "Greece the country". When the Greek mythologies about the Amazons were written, there was no "Greece the country". Greece didn't become a country until thousands of years later. Hell it didn't even stop being part of the Roman Empire until the 1400s. We could have a long debate about whether the modern country of Greece has any relationship to the ancient Greek city-states, but I think that's entirely beside the point.

praneshp 8y ago
Of course it is beside the point. I was being pedantic to the pedantic "they can have priority when they show up", where I presumed "they" was the goddesses.
- PhasmaFelis 8y ago
  You've misunderstood me. I was poking fun at Ryanlol's comment. Here's some actual pedantry: the Amazons weren't goddesses. They were a tribe of human warriors.
  - wahern 8y ago
    If Wonder Woman is just human how was she born with superhuman powers? Those things are mutually exclusive. > All Themyscirian Amazons possess various degrees of superhuman strength, speed, stamina and extraordinarily acute senses and the ability to glide on aircurrents. ... Themyscirian Amazons also possess immortality that allows them to live indefinitely in a youthful form.... Themyscirian Amazons also possess the ability to relieve their bodies of physical injury and toxins by becoming one with the Earth's soil and then reforming their bodies whole again.
weberc2 8y ago
When was "The Amazon" a country? We're talking at best about "an identity"--I say "at best" because the Greeks have consistently had a Greek identity regardless of their political configuration at any point in history, while I'm not sure "The Amazon Nations" is an identity at all, much less a deeply-held or particularly old identity.

dragonwriter 8y ago

None of the polities in the area now called “Greece” from the time in question still exist, and the one called “Greece” in English was formed much later.

PhasmaFelis 8y ago

The mythical Amazons never existed, and even in myth they didn't live in Greece. I bought a bag of King Arthur-brand flour the other day. Should Great Britain be allowed to take over their domain name?