"Breastless" Quotes from Famous Books
... Hippolyte, Queen of the Amazons—a tribe of female warriors. It is said that the girls had their right breasts cut off in order that they might use the bow with greater ease in battle! This, indeed, is the meaning of the term Amazon, which signifies "breastless." ... — Young Folks Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12) • Various
... possessed by death And saw the skull beneath the skin; And breastless creatures under ground Leaned backward with a ... — Poems • T. S. [Thomas Stearns] Eliot |