Sagaris
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This article is about an ancient weapon. For the TVR Sports Car, see TVR Sagaris.
Sagaris was the Greek name for a weapon used by Scythian tribes by the Persians, Mossynoeci, and others, and according to Aristarchus of Samothrace by the Amazons. The weapon was probably a kind of battle-axe, described as single-edged by some authors, and as double-edged by others. Possibly from this arose an attribution of the invention of the battle-axe to the Amazons by medieval and Renaissance authors (e.g. Johannes Aventinus), and a (modern) association of the Amazons with the Labrys.
[edit] External links
- Battle-Axe or Sagaris
- Persia: Arms of the Shah-an-Shah - Persian Arms an at wildfiregames.com
- The Battle Axe at The New AmazoNation
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