text: in greek mythology, who were the amazons? ·  amazing worriers·  warrior women·  great booksel?   according to greek mythology, the amazons were a nation of women dwelling about the river thermodon. they were, as a race, considered to be the children of ares and harmonia ii.  the amazons of libya were much earlier in point of time and disappeared entirely many generations before the trojan war; but those about the thermodon river were in their full vigour a little before that time.  the libyan amazons were also known for having waged war against the people of atlantis, the most civilised men of the region, who dwelt in a prosperous country and possessed great cities.