A legendary tribe of female warriors in Asia Minor were known to have removed one breast so that they could more powerfully draw their bows. They were named the Amazons, meaning without a breast (a,...

A legendary tribe of female warriors in Asia Minor were known to have removed one breast so that they could more powerfully draw their bows. They were named the Amazons, meaning without a breast (a, without; mazos, breast). In the 1500s, a Spanish explorer named a river the Amazon after doing battle with a South American tribe that included its women in the fight.