Artemis and the Amazons with Jason Reza Jorjani

Jason Reza Jorjani is a philosopher and author of Prometheus and Atlas, World State of Emergency, Lovers of Sophia, and Novel Folklore: The Blind Owl of Sadegh Hedayat.

Here he equates the legendary Amazons of ancient Greek literature with the Sarmatians, a northern Aryan people who were closely related to the Scythians. They established a loose federation extending from the Gobi desert to Catalonia. The Sarmatian queen Tomyris defeated the Persian emperor, Cyrus, in single combat and beheaded him. These people, also known as the Alons, brought their culture of chivalry and romance into Europe. They are also closely associated with legends of dragons.

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(Recorded on April 6, 2018)

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