place
Thermodon
River of the Amazons in Pontus; the 'husbandless host' of crescent-shielded women dwells along its banks.
Reading notes
- Medea §203 the husbandless host hemmed by Thermodon's banks
The Amazons, the warrior women of the river Thermodon in Pontus, armed with crescent-shields ('peltae').
- Oedipus §467 Thermodontian
The Amazons, named from the river Thermodon; Bacchus stripped them of their arms.