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Yes, there were a tribe of Amazons; Otrera was both the bride of Ares and Queen of the Amazons; or his daughter and not his bride at all.

Penthesilea was the Queen of the Amazones who led her troops to the Trojan War in support of King Priam.

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Ocyale, Dioxippe, Iphinome, Xanthe, Hippothoe, Antioche, Laomache, Glauce, Agave, Theseis, Hippolyte, Clymene, and Polydora.

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Notable queens of the Amazons are Penthesilea and her sister, Hippolyta.

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The Amazons were a tribe of warrior women who often fought the Greeks. The queen of the Amazons was Hippolyta. The comic book heroine Wonder Woman was an Amazon princess.

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the amazons were a symbol to women.because in those ancient times women were not allowed much rights,they told of these courages women that were furious warriors

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