Amazons

Themiskyra was believed to be the home of the Amazons, the warlike man-hating women of Greek mythology who were said to be descended from the god Ares and the nymph Harmonia. According to the legend, the women cut off their right breasts the better to use a bow and arrow. Amazon in Greek means without breasts. One of the Labors of Herakles (Hercules) involved him in going to Themiskyra and taking back to Argos the girdle of the Amazon queen Hippolyte. When the Greeks came to the area to establish their colonies, they found no Amazons and concluded that Herakles had either killed them all or driven them away.