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👤 Hippolyte (Amazon I)

  • In depictions, the Amazon killed by Heracles is sometimes given the name "Andromache" or "Andromeda"
  • Alternative names
    Andromeda Andromache
    Information
    Amazon queen, owner of the war belt sought by Heracles
    Possibly the same as
    👤 Hippolyte (Amazon II)  👤 Hippo (Amazon)
    Wikidata
    https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q210303
    Trismegistos
    https://www.trismegistos.org/name/27977
    LIMC headword
    Andromache II
    Digital LIMC
    https://ark.dasch.swiss/ark:/72163/1/080E/20T5vcIYTUm1fm68Iqx8QgL
    Daughter of
    👤 Ares Olympian god
    Descendant of
    👤 Second Queen of the Amazons described in Diodoros' account as extending the Amazons' kingdom
    Leader of
    👥 the Amazons tribe of warrior women
    Belongs to
    👥 the Amazons tribe of warrior women
    Ruler of
    🌍 Themiscyra (Pontos) city and territory of the Amazons
    Dies at
    🌍 Themiscyra (Pontos) city and territory of the Amazons
    Killed by
    👤 Heracles greatest Greek hero
    Weaponry
    🏺 the War-Belt of Hippolyte
    Mentioned in Text
    Apollodoros, LibraryPausaniasDiodoros, LibraryD-Scholia, IliadLycophron, AlexandraOvid, Metamorphoses
    Commentary
    In depictions, the Amazon killed by Heracles is sometimes given the name "Andromache" or "Andromeda"
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