In Greek mythology, Queen Thalestris of the Amazons brought three hundred women to Alexander the Great, hoping to breed a race of children as strong and intelligent as him.
According to the legend, she stayed with the Macedonian king 13 days and nights in the hopes that the great warrior would father a daughter on her. Reports are conflicting - one of Alexander's generals, Lysimachus, laughed whenever he heard the story told, and other ancient writers dismissed it as "complete fiction".
