"The legend of the Amazons is amazingly consistent across three continents even though actual documentary proof seems elusive. Inparticular the Athenians were most insistent about the historical reality of a nation of all-women warriors; their legends described a prehistoric conflict with the Amazons as one of their finest hours. 

Although later the Amazons became just another map-filling imaginary creature alongside Centaurs Cyclops and Giants Greek legend gives many fine-grained details about the geography history and anthropology of the Amazon nation. It would be most interesting to see if any of these can be verified using modern techniques."