Greek mythology
Hippolyta
Amazon queen whose war-girdle Heracles came to take
- Mythology
- Greek mythology
- Parents
- Ares
- Children
- Hippolytus
- Group
- Heroes · Amazons
- Appears in
- Heracles
- Objects
- Girdle of Hippolyta
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Hippolyta is the queen of the Amazons, daughter of Ares, who bears a magnificent girdle given by her father. For his ninth Labor, Heracles sails to win it, and she comes willingly to give it, until Hera spreads a lie that he means to abduct her. In the battle that erupts, the girdle is taken; in other tellings, Theseus carries off her sister, drawing the Amazons in war upon Athens.
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Heracles
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Hippolyta?
- Hippolyta is the queen of the Amazons, daughter of Ares, who bears a magnificent girdle given by her father. For his ninth Labor, Heracles sails to win it, and she comes willingly to give it, until Hera spreads a lie that he means to abduct her.
- Which mythology does Hippolyta belong to?
- Hippolyta belongs to Greek mythology.
- Which stories does Hippolyta appear in?
- Hippolyta appears in Heracles, told as chaptered audio dramas in MythologyNow.
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