Episode #162- Real Amazons? (Part II)

Our Fake History

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🗓️ 20 September 2022

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Did you know that the Amazons once waged war on Atlantis? According to the ancient historian Diodorus of Sicily, the Amazons conquered Atlantis while carving out an empire in Northern Africa. This may have all been pure legend, but Diodorus, like most ancient historians, believed that the Amazons had been an historical people. Other historians believed that the Amazons eventually interbred with the nomadic Scythians were slowly integrated into their society on the Eurasian steppe. In fact, one modern author believes that archaeological evidence has demonstrated that female warriors were quite common among the Scythians. Could these Scythian warrior-women have been the "Historical Amazons". How seriously should we take this hypothesis? Tune-in and find out lovestruck Greeks, comic book nerds, and a brigade of young hunks all play a role in the story. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Who do you think would win in a fight?
0:09.4	The Amazons or the Atlantians?
0:13.6	There's one group of people out there who's given this question serious thought that
0:17.4	it has to be comic book fans, right?
0:20.9	After all, the Amazons and the Atlantians have inspired some of the most popular comic book
0:25.4	characters of all time.
0:27.6	Another woman who is arguably the most consequential female superhero in the history of comic books
0:34.1	is famously an Amazon.
0:36.4	In some versions of her comic continuity, she's the daughter of the mythical Queen Hippolyta.
0:42.9	The lost city of Atlantis figures prominently in both the Marvel and DC universes.
0:50.2	Marvel's NAMMOR, the Submariner and DC's Aquaman, are both Atlantian royalty in their
0:56.7	respective comic book worlds.
0:59.8	And sure enough, in the DC comic book universe, there have been a number of storylines that
1:06.0	have pitted Wonder Woman's Amazons against Aquaman's Atlantians.
1:13.8	A quick Google search will direct you to a number of blog posts and a fairly vibrant
1:19.5	Reddit thread where fans debate who would win in a one-on-one fight, Wonder Woman or
1:25.5	Aquaman.
1:27.4	The consensus appears to be that Wonder Woman has the edge, unless of course the fight
1:32.5	was moved into the ocean at which point all bets are off.
1:37.6	Now this may sound like a completely frivolous question that would only concern people who
1:42.9	are deeply invested in the DCU.
1:47.0	But believe it or not, one ancient historian can tell us exactly what would happen if the
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