Hippolyta

Hippolyta (

Hippolyta Media

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  Heracles Obtaining the Belt of Hyppolita by Nikolaus Knüpfer

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  A wax sculpture of Hippolyta at Samsun.

Greek: Ἱππολύτη, Hippolyte) was one of the queens of the Amazons in Greek mythology. She was a fierce warrior. She was mostly famous for her magical girdle (or war belt in other accounts), given to her by her father, Ares, the god of war. The hero Heracles, for his Ninth Labor, had to get her girdle, bring it back to the city of Mycenae, and give it to Admete, daughter of King Eurystheus, as a gift.