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(Greek mythology) 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.

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Thalestris

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Thalestris

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(Greek mythology) 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.

Japanese Meaning

ギリシャ神話に登場するアマゾン族の女王。伝説によれば、300人の女性をアレクサンダー大王に送って、彼のように強く知的な子供を育てるための血統を作ろうとしたとされる。

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アマゾネスの女王はアレクサンドロス大王のもとに三百人の女戦士を連れて行き、彼と同じく強く聡明な子孫を残そうと望んだ。

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(Greek mythology) 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.

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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