A hill near Troy was called Batieia by humans, but the gods named it Myrina after one of these figures.
A hill near Troy was called Batieia by humans, but the gods named it Myrina after one of these figures. According to Herodotus, these figures wandered about singing at midday in groups of one or two. One of these people came from Scythia to provoke a battle with the Athenians at the marriage of Phaedra and Theseus. Thersites was killed for gouging out the eyes of one of these people who killed Machaon, and whose corpse inspired love in Achilles. Penthesilea and Antiope were two of these people, who were visited by Heracles during his labor to obtain the girdle of their queen Hippolyta. For 10 points, identify this tribe of warrior women.
A hill near Troy was called Batieia by humans, but the gods named it Myrina after one of these figures.
{Amazon}s [or {Ama}d{zon}es or {Oiorpata}{,} accept “Myrina” or “Murina” before mention]