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Legendary figure
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One source places her in myth; the other implies it.
“was the queen of the Amazons and a daughter of Ares and Otrera.”
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“According to Greek mythology, the Amazons were a fierce tribe of warrior women”
— Green, Thomas A.; Svinth, Joseph R.. (2010).
Martial Arts of the World: An Encyclopedia of History and Innovation
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Description
Queen of the Amazons in Greek mythology, daughter of Ares, whose war belt
Heracles had to take as his ninth labour.
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“The ninth labor of Herakles (Latin: Hercules) involved the Amazons. Herakles
had to retrieve the girdle of Hippolyte, the Queen of the Amazons, who had
originally received it from Ares (Latin: Mars), the god of war.”
— Green, Thomas A.; Svinth, Joseph R.. (2010).
Martial Arts of the World: An Encyclopedia of History and Innovation
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https://martial.is/entity/01M5JWHXPX7J6VXTDS2YNEK4VY
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Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Hippolyta. In Martialis: Martial Arts
Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01M5JWHXPX7J6VXTDS2YNEK4VY - CC
BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
BibTeX
@incollection{martialis_01M5JWHXPX7J6VXTDS2YNEK4VY, author = {Muñoz, Frederico},
title = {Hippolyta}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database},
year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url =
{https://martial.is/entity/01M5JWHXPX7J6VXTDS2YNEK4VY}, urldate =
{ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }
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