The myth can be tested as a social-history problem rather than read as literal evidence. A community composed only of women after a sudden rebellion would face shortages in specialized work because the period divided many skills by sex. A long wartime absence or the deaths of the men would give skills and authority more time to pass across the community. The story might then preserve a memory of women choosing not to restore the previous order when survivors returned.
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Testing the Lemnos 'island of women' episode against social history
The Lemnos episode becomes a test of what social disruption could create a women-led community while preserving the specialized skills needed to keep it functioning.