Machlyes

Illustration in the Nuremberg Chronicle (1493)

The Machlyes or Machlyans (Ancient Greek: Μάχλυες) were a legendary ancient Libyan tribe.

Ancient Sources

According to Herodotus, their young women held a ritual battle with sticks and stones annually with neighboring Auseans (Ancient Greek: Αὐσέες). Those who died of their wounds were said to have lied about their virginity.[1]

Pliny the Elder claimed they were hermaphrodites that had a male half and a female half, possibly inspired by the martial practices of the females.[2][3]

Later Sources

French anthropologist Lucien Bertholon hypothesized that the Maghrawa tribal confederation in North Africa were descendants of the Machlyes.[4]

In fiction

In the book Sweet Shadows by Tera Lynn Childs, the machlyes Achilla saves Gretchen from the merdaemon in the abysses.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ "Herodotus's account of the Libyan female warriors in Corinthian helmets". Perseus Project. Retrieved 2008-12-28.
  2. ^ Pliny the Elder, Natural History, VII, ii, 15
  3. ^ "Machlyes". Theoi Greek Mythology. Retrieved 2008-12-28.
  4. ^ Bertholon, Lucien (1898). "Les premiers colons de souche européenne dans l'Afrique du Nord : essai historique sur les origines de certaines populations berbères d'après les documents égyptiens et les écrivains de l'Antiquité". Imprimerie rapide: 156.


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