Hippolyta

Ἱππολύτη
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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.
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    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

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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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