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The suggested Persian etymology doesn't need to cite a source

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If you look it up on Google translate from Persian to English, Hameis all women. You don't source words in another language or our language for that matter.h Zan 2603:8000:3400:6A7:9DCD:1D6F:8770:F85A (talk) 02:47, 12 May 2023 (UTC)Reply

Wiki Education assignment: HUM 202 - Introduction to Mythology

Latest comment: 2 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 14 August 2023 and 8 December 2023. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Venusweet (article contribs).

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Nazi Amazonian revels

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This phrase is perfectly legitimate in context but "bare-breasted variety show girls of the SS-Cavalry" is one of the most memorable phrases I've seen in one of our articles. Great title for a 1970s exploitation movie! Pascalulu88 (talk) 16:39, 5 May 2025 (UTC)Reply

Alexander and the Amazons

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While you'd think "Alexander has a baby with an Amazon" is the sort of thing you'd find in the Alexander Romance, the Thalestris story is not in there (certainly not in the passage linked, which concerns a different supposed interaction between Alexander and the Amazons). A recent and conveniently online secondary source is Adrienne Mayor, "When Alexander Met Thalestris," History Today 65 (2015): 10-27, via ResearchGate, and the fullest ancient account is that of Quintus Curtius Rufus 6.5.24-32, online via the Hathi Trust. 198.7.247.59 (talk) 17:54, 23 October 2025 (UTC)Reply

Wiki Education assignment: HUM 202 Summer 2026

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This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 5 May 2026 and 24 July 2026. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): SweetSav (article contribs).

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