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    • Hippolyta

    Ἱππολύτη
    auto_storiesLegendary figure (Probable)
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    Historicity

    • Legendary figure
      Probable
      Probable
      One source places her in myth; the other implies it.
      The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
      fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
      Frederico Muñoz
      Researcher, Martialis
      2 sources expand_more
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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.”
      — Hippolyta - Wikipedia (English). Wikipedia (English)link history info
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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 info

    Also known as

    Hippolyte

    Description

    Queen of the Amazons in Greek mythology, daughter of Ares, whose war belt Heracles had to take as his ninth labour.

    Sources

    “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 info

    Identifiers

    https://martial.is/entity/01M5JWHXPX7J6VXTDS2YNEK4VY
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    Cite and reuse

    CC BY-SA 4.0expand_more
    Plain text
    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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