Editing Amazons (section)

===Alternative terms===
[[Herodotus]] used the terms ''Androktones'' ({{lang|grc|Ἀνδροκτόνες}}) 'killers/slayers of men' or 'of husbands' and ''Androleteirai'' ({{lang|grc|Ἀνδρολέτειραι}}) 'destroyers of men, murderesses'. Amazons are called ''Antianeirai'' ({{lang|grc|Ἀντιάνειραι}}) 'equivalent to men' and [[Aeschylus]] used the term ''Styganor'' ({{lang|grc|Στυγάνωρ}}) 'those who loathe all men'.{{sfn|Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound}}

In his work ''[[Prometheus Bound]]'' and in ''[[The Suppliants (Aeschylus)|The Suppliants]]'', Aeschylus referred to the Amazons as 'the unwed, flesh-devouring Amazons' ({{lang|grc|...τὰς ἀνάνδρους κρεοβόρους τ᾽ Ἀμαζόνας}}). In the [[Hippolytus (play)|Hippolytus]] tragedy, [[Phaedra (mythology)|Phaedra]] calls [[Hippolytus (son of Theseus)|Hippolytus]], 'the son of the horse-loving Amazon' ({{lang|grc|...τῆς φιλίππου παῖς Ἀμαζόνος βοᾷ Ἱππόλυτος...}}). In his [[Dionysiaca]], [[Nonnus]] calls the Amazons of Dionysus ''Androphonus'' ({{lang|grc|Ἀνδροφόνους}}) 'men slaying'.<ref name="Nonnus, Dionysiaca, § 20.197">{{Cite web|url=https://el.wikisource.org/wiki/%CE%94%CE%B9%CE%BF%CE%BD%CF%85%CF%83%CE%B9%CE%B1%CE%BA%CE%AC/36|title=Διονυσιακά/36 - Βικιθήκη|website=el.wikisource.org}}</ref>{{sfn|Aeschylus, Suppliant Women}}
[[Herodotus]] stated that in the Scythian language, the Amazons were called ''Oiorpata'', which he explained as being from ''oior'' 'man' and ''pata'' 'to slay'.