There is a legend to this effect, yes. However, as demonstrated in many pictures (and having had a number of female friends who also did archery with me), a woman's breasts do not, in fact, get in the way. Tying a cloth (or in modern times, a sport bra or bikini top) around the breasts would be infinitely preferable (both for the amazon and any lovers of either sex that she might have around the place) to cutting one off. In fact, most men would not want women going around cutting off their own breasts (although there is some breast cutting fantasy around CF - it is not universally preferred, certainly). No, I personally think this legend is the result of some drunken Greek guys who simply weren't "getting any" and made up rubbish about Amazons.I am informed by my husband, who's into things like this, that the Amazons were said to cut off their left breast as it got in the way when it came to drawing a bow.
That's why I'm not taking up archery.
I suspect they couldn't handle the idea of a woman managing a bow well enough to kill them if she hadn't mutilated herself first.
"Sure, i got shot by a girl, but you know, she had to cut her tit off to hit me."
IF YOU THINK SO. I WOULD PROBABLY CREDIT A LOT OF SKILL AND PRACTICE WITH A BOW, RATHER THAN SITTING IN A TAVERN DRINKING AND THEN HACKING OFF A BREAST, BUT HAVE IT YOUR WAY.
I wonder if the Isles were "forsaken" because these women kept shooting everyone. I mean, they're sexy like anything, but there's only so much of this one can put up with.