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title: Fragments on Theseus and Amazons
title_greek: Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ Θησέως καὶ Ἀμαζόνων
author: Bion of Proconnesus
eul_wid: bao-aa
eul_aid: bao
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/works/bion-proconnesus-theseus-amazons-bao-aa"
period: Archaic
dialect: Ionic
domain: History
format: Prose
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Fragments on Theseus and Amazons

*Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ Θησέως καὶ Ἀμαζόνων*

**Author:** Bion of Proconnesus

**eul_wid:** `bao-aa` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/works/bion-proconnesus-theseus-amazons-bao-aa)

## Text

### 1

Plutarch. Thes. c. 26: ὕστερον φασὶν Ἡρακλέους ἰδιόστολον πλεῦσαι τὸν Θησέα, καὶ τὴν Ἀμαζόνα λαβεῖν αἰχμάλωτον, πιθανώτερα λέγοντες. Βίων δὲ ... καὶ ταύ την παρακρουσάμενον οἴχεσθαι λαβόντα· φύσει γὰρ οὔσας τὰς Ἀμαζόνας φιλάνδρους, οὔτε φυγεῖν τὸν Θησέα προσβαλόντα τῇ χώρᾳ, ἀλλὰ καὶ ξένια πέμπειν· τὸν δὲ τὴν κομίζουσαν ἐμβῆναι παρακαλεῖν εἰς τὸ πλοῖον· ἐμβάσης δὲ, ἀναχθῆναι.

### 2

Athenaeus II: Ἔστι δὲ ἡ κρήνη, ὥς φησι Βίων, μέση Μαίδων καὶ Παιόνων, Ἴννα καλουμένη.

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