Editing Amazons (section)

===In literature and media===
====Literature and comics====
* Amazon Queen [[Hippolyta]] appears in [[William Shakespeare's]] play ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'' and also in ''[[The Two Noble Kinsmen]]'', which Shakespeare co-wrote with [[John Fletcher (playwright)|John Fletcher]].
* The Amazon queen [[Penthesilea]], and her sexual frenzy, are at the center of the drama ''[[Penthesilea (Kleist)|Penthesilea]]'' by [[Heinrich von Kleist]] in 1808.
* [[Steven Pressfield]]'s 2002 novel ''[[Last of the Amazons]]'' is a [[mythopoeia]] of Plutarch's texts, that surround [[Theseus]]' abduction of Queen [[Antiope (Amazon)|Antiope]] and the Amazons' attack on Athens. An accurate and detailed portrayal of the Archaic Greek world, its life, people, weapons etc. dramatized ''as real as the sky''.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-691449/Band-of-sisters-the-Amazon.html#selection-681.213-681.242  |archive-url= https://archive.today/20130122023133/http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-691449/Band-of-sisters-the-Amazon.html#selection-681.213-681.242  |url-status= dead  |archive-date= January 22, 2013  |title= Band of sisters: the Amazon light cavalry.(Book Review) |date= September 22, 2002 | publisher= Archive | author= Bob Gross   | access-date= February 7, 2021}}</ref>
* [[William Moulton Marston]], alongside his wife [[Elizabeth Holloway Marston|Elizabeth Holloway]] and their lover [[Olive Byrne]], created their rendition of the mythical [[Amazons (DC Comics)|Amazons]], whose members included the superheroine [[Wonder Woman]], for [[DC Comics]]. Marston's Amazons are noteworthy for not just being physically superior to mortal men but also technologically superior, being able to create healing rays and [[Invisible Plane|undetectable jet planes]] that can be controlled through brain waves alone, although this element of Amazon society is applied inconsistently in appearances written after Marston's death.<ref>Sensation Comics #6 (June 1942)</ref>
* In [[Rick Riordan]]'s ''[[The Heroes of Olympus]]'', the Amazons appear in ''[[The Son of Neptune]]'' and ''[[The Blood of Olympus]].'' They are the founders and owners of the [[Amazon (company)|Amazon]] corporation.
* In [[Philip Armstrong]]'s historical-fantasy series, ''The Chronicles of Tupiluliuma'', the Amazons appear as the Am'azzi.
* In the [[Stieg Larsson]] novel ''[[The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest]]'', the Amazons appear as the transitional topics between sections of the book.
* [[Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo]] created the fictional queen [[Calafia]], who ruled over a kingdom of black women, living in the style of Amazons, on the  mythical [[Island of California]].
* [[Amazon Gazonga]] is a short comic series created by the ''[[Waltrip brothers]]'' in 1995. The comic centres around on a young amazon named Gazonga living in the [[Amazon rainforest]].
* [[GastroPhobia]] is a webcomic by Daisy McGuire, about the adventures of an exiled Amazon warrior and her son living in Ancient Greece, roughly 3408 years ago.

====Film and television====
* The Kazakhstani film studio "[[Kazakhfilm]]" released the film Томирис (''[[Tomyris (film)|Tomyris]]'') in late 2019. She is portrayed by {{ill|Almira Tursyn|qid=Q116848516|short=yes}}.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tengrinews.kz/cinema/akan-sataev-raskryil-imya-aktrisyi-kotoraya-337828/|title = Акан Сатаев раскрыл имя актрисы, которая сыграет Томирис|date = 16 February 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/articles/tomiris-kazakhstan|title = Tomiris (Kazakhstan)| date=19 November 2019 }}</ref> Girls of her tribe in order to get permissions to marry, in the film, has to bring few enemies heads.
* Franchises involving several [[Tarzan]] releases, that have featured Amazon tribes (''[[Tarzan and the Amazons]]'', ''[[Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle]]'')
* In the animated series ''[[The Mysterious Cities of Gold]]'', a tribe of Amazons appeared in two episodes.
* The postscript for the 1980 film ''[[9 to 5 (film)|9 to 5]]'' mentioned that Franklin Hart was abducted by a tribe of Amazons when helping Consolidated Companies' chairman of the board Russell Tinsworthy with a project in the Brazilian jungle.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Jay|first=Joslyn|date=2020-01-24|title=9 to 5 (1980) Review: Classics Revisited #11|url=https://flickside.com/9-to-5-movie-review-1980/|access-date=2022-02-16|website=Flickside|language=en-US}}</ref>
* Amazons appear in the movies ''[[The Loves of Hercules]]'' (1960), ''Battle of the Amazons'' (1970), ''[[War Goddess]]'' (1973), ''[[Hundra]]'' (1983), ''[[Amazons (1986 film)|Amazons]]'' (1986), ''[[Deathstalker II]]'' (1987), ''[[Ronal the Barbarian]]'' (2011), ''[[Hercules (2014 film)|Hercules]]'' (2014) and [[DC Extended Universe]] films: ''[[Wonder Woman (2017 film)|Wonder Woman]]'' (2017), ''[[Justice League (film)|Justice League]]'' (2017), ''[[Wonder Woman 1984]]'' (2020), ''[[Zack Snyder's Justice League]]'' (2021).
* Amazons in television series ''[[Hercules: The Legendary Journeys]]'', ''[[Young Hercules]]'', ''[[Kaos (TV series)|Kaos]]'', ''[[Xena: Warrior Princess]]'', ''[[The Legend of the Hidden City]]'', ''[[Huntik: Secrets & Seekers]]'' and ''[[Supernatural (U.S. TV series)|Supernatural]]''.

====Games====
Amazons are featured in the following roleplay - and video games: ''[[Diablo (series)|Diablo]]'', ''[[Heroes Unlimited]]'', ''Aliens Unlimited'', ''[[Amazon: Guardians of Eden]]'', ''[[Flight of the Amazon Queen]]'', ''[[A Total War Saga: Troy]]'', ''[[Rome: Total War]]'', ''[[Final Fantasy IV]]'', ''[[Age of Wonders: Planetfall]]'', [[The Legend of Zelda|''Legend of Zelda'' series]] and [[List of Yu-Gi-Oh! video games|''Yu-Gi-Oh'' games]].