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Thermodon
also: Thermodontiaca
A river of Pontus, home of the Amazons; the 'Thermodontian axe' is the Amazons' weapon.
Reading notes
- Letters from the Black Sea §4.10 Thermodon, known to the women's squadrons
The Thermodon, the river of the Amazons ('the women's squadrons'); one of the many streams that pour fresh water into the Black Sea, weakening its brine.
- Metamorphoses §12.382 the Thermodontian axe
The Pontic river of the Amazons; the 'Thermodontian axe' is their weapon.