Women in Ancient Greek Warfare - Greek Mythological Amazons, Spartan Women in Ancient Warfare, Women in Hellenistic Warfare, Cleopatra VII, Penthesilea (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 50. Chapters: Greek mythological Amazons, Spartan women in ancient warfare, Women in Hellenistic warfare, Cleopatra VII, Penthesilea, Olympias, Hippolyta, Celaeno, Helene, Berenice II, Agave, Cleopatra II of Egypt, Berenice I of Egypt, Deianira, Melanippe, Asteria, Aegea, Amazonomachy, Alcippe, Glauce, Tecmessa, Otrera, Arsinoe III of Egypt, Thalestris, Hippothoe, Alexander's Conflict with the Kambojas, Cleophis, Gorgo, Queen of Sparta, Arsinoe IV of Egypt, Thais, Stateira II, Eurydice II of Macedon, Artemisia I of Caria, Orithyia, Phila, Antiope, Roxana, Cynane, Lampedo, Drypetis, Lysippe, Hypsicratea, Marpesia, Amazonius, Myrina, Candace of Meroe, Telesilla, Laodice I, Cratesipolis, Etazeta of Bithynia, Stratonice, Hydna, Pantariste, Molpadia, Timycha, Rhodogune of Parthia, Areto, Arachidamia, Chelidonis, Thebe, Eurypyle, Gynaecothoenas, Iphito, Alcibie, Bremusa, Aella, Antandre, Xanthe. Excerpt: Greek historians refer to three warlike peoples - the Astakenoi, the Aspasioi and the Assakenoi, living to the northwest of the river Indus, who Alexander encountered during his campaign from Kapisi through Gandhara. The Aspasioi were related to the Assakenoi and were a western branch of them . Both the Aspasioi and Assakenoi soldiers earned the admiration of the Greeks for their fighting ability. . Alexander personally directed operations against these clans who stubbornly resisted from their mountain strongholds. The Greek names Aspasioi and Assakenoi derive from the Sanskrit Ashva (or Persian Aspa). They appear as Ashvayanas and Ashvakayanas in P ini's Ashtadhyayi and Ashvakas in the Puranas. The Kambojas were famous for their excellent horse breeding as well as their riding skills, hence they were also commonly known as Ashvakas . The Ashvayana and Ashvakayana clans fought the Macedonians fiercely with even the Ashvakayana...