Gargareans

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Gargareans (Gargari) in the North Caucasus on a fragment of Henry Teesdale's map of the Ancient Roman Empire.

In Greek mythology, the Gargareans, or Gargarenses, (Template:Langx Gargareis) were an all-male tribe. They copulated with the Amazons annually in order to keep both tribes reproductive. The Amazons kept the female children, raising them as warriors, and gave the males to the Gargareans.<ref>Strabo, Geography, Bk. 11, Ch. 5, Sec. 1</ref>

The ancient Greek geographer Strabo placed the Gargareans on the northern foothills of the Caucasus. Several scholars identify them with the Galgaï.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref> According to E. Krupnov, the accuracy of the localization of Strabo's Gargareans in Galga-chuv (Ingushetia) is confirmed by archaeological, anthropological and ethnographic data.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Gaius Plinius Secundus likewise localizes the Gargareans north of the Caucasus Mountains, but calls them Gegar.<ref>Template:Cite book Krupnov 1971, p. 25.</ref>