Yeah, I think so. It’s complete nonsense. I have a friend who is rather busty, and she also does archery as a hobby, it’s a weird nonsensical claim just made to other them. But it pushes a common idea that the Greeks and Romans had about other societies, that they must do something horribly wrong to their women, to justify their own cruelties.
What’s incredible is we have found war weapons and stuff among the grave goods of women, so we do have hard evidence that some warrior women of the steppes did exist.
Which also probably added to their tales. Can’t have “your” woman getting the idea of picking up a bow and solving her problems on her terms. Emulating those “other, dangerous women.”
Didn’t they invent that nonsense about Scythian women cutting off their breasts to shoot a bow? And nobody would do that ever?
Yeah, I think so. It’s complete nonsense. I have a friend who is rather busty, and she also does archery as a hobby, it’s a weird nonsensical claim just made to other them. But it pushes a common idea that the Greeks and Romans had about other societies, that they must do something horribly wrong to their women, to justify their own cruelties.
What’s incredible is we have found war weapons and stuff among the grave goods of women, so we do have hard evidence that some warrior women of the steppes did exist.
Which also probably added to their tales. Can’t have “your” woman getting the idea of picking up a bow and solving her problems on her terms. Emulating those “other, dangerous women.”