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Hippolyta

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Hippolyta, a queen of the Amazons given in marriage to Theseus by Hercules, who had conquered her and taken away her girdle, the achievement being one of his 12 labours. She had a son by Theseus called Hippolytus. In another version she was slain by Hercules, and it was his sister Antiope that was the wife of Theseus. She and Theseus frame the action in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.

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Hippolyta

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Hippolyta queen of the Amazons given in marriage to Theseus by Hercules, who had conquered her and taken away her girdle, the achievement being one of his twelve labours. She had a son by Theseus called Hippolytus. According to another version she was slain by Hercules, and it was her sister Antiope who was the wife of Theseus.

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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Hippolyta." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Hippolyta." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-Hippolyta.html

ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Hippolyta." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-Hippolyta.html

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