Meaning of Thalestris | Babel Free

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The queen of the Amazons, said to have brought 300 women to Alexander the Great, hoping to breed a race of children as strong and intelligent as he.

Greek

Examples

“Victory must now have⟳ fallen to the side of the travellers (for the bravest troops must yield⟳ to numbers) had not Susan the chambermaid come⟳ luckily to support⟳ her mistress. This Susan was as two-handed a wench (according to the phrase) as any in the country, and would, I believe⟳, have⟳ beat⟳ the famed Thalestris herself, or any of her subject Amazons; for her form⟳ was robust and man-like, and every way made for such encounters.”

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