Hippolyte

Hippŏlytē, ēs, and Hippŏlyta, ae, f., = Ἱππολύτη.

• An Amazon, daughter of Mars, taken captive in the war of the Amazons by Theseus, to whom she bore Hippolytus, Hyg. Fab. 30; Just. 2, 4, 23; Plaut. Men. 1, 3, 17 (198).—
• II The wife of Acastus, king of Magnesia, who conceived a passion for Peleus, and, because she met with no return of affection from him, accused him to her husband of an attempt upon her virtue, Hyg. Fab. 14 med.; Hor. C. 3, 7, 18.

Hippolytē, ēs, f. u. Hippolyta, ae, f. (Ἱππολύτη), I) Königin der Amazonen, Schwester der Antiope u. Melanippe, die den von Ares geschenkten Gürtel trug, den ihr Herkules auf Befehl des Eurystheus abnahm, worauf sie selbst (od. ihre Schwester Antiope) dem Begleiter des Herkules, Theseus, als Gattin anheimfiel, dem sie den Hippolytus gebar, Form -ē, Hyg. fab. 30 u. 143. Verg. Aen. 11, 661. Prop. 4, 3, 43. Iustin. 2, 4, 23 (der in seiner Erzählung abweicht): Form -a, Plaut. Men. 200. – II) die Gemahlin des Akastus, beschuldigte den Peleus, weil er in ihr unzüchtiges Verlangen nicht willigte, bei ihrem Gemahle unkeuscher Absichten, Magnessa Hippolyte, Hor. carm. 3, 7, 18.

Hippŏlўtē, ēs, et -ta, æ, f. , Hippolyte [reine des Amazones, femme de Thésée et mère dʼHippolyte : Just. 2, 4, 23 ] : Virg. En. 11, 661 ; Pl. Men. 200 || femme dʼAcaste, roi de Magnésie : Hor. O. 3, 7, 18.

Hippo'lyte

(Ἱππούτη).

1. A daughter of Ares and Otrera, was queen of the Amazons, and a sister of Antiope and Melanippe. She wore, as an emblem of her dignity, a girdle given to her by her father; and when Heracles, by the command of Eurystheus, came to fetch this girdle, Hippolyte was slain by Heracles. (Heracles; Hyg. Fab. 30.) According to another tradition, Hippolyte, with an army of Amazons, marched into Attica, to take vengeance on Theseus for having carried off Antiope; but being conquered by Theseus, she fled to Megara, where she died of grief, and was buried. Her tomb, which was shown there in later times, had the form of an Amazon's shield. (Paus. 1.41.7; Plut. Thes. 27; Apollod. 2.5.9; Apollon. 2.968.) In some accounts Hippolyte is said to have been married to Theseus instead of Antiope. Euripides, in his Hippolytus, makes her the mother of Hippolytus.

Hippo'lyte

2. The wife of Acastus, according to Pindar (Pind. N. 4.57, 5.26); but Apollodorus calls her Astydameia. [Acastus.] [L.S]

Hippolyté

(Ἱππολύτη). (1) Queen of the Amazons, daughter of Ares and of Otrera; slain in battle by Heracles, when he went at the bidding of Eurystheus to fetch the girdle given her by Ares. (See Heracles.) In some accounts she is said to have been married to Theseus, and to have been the mother of Hippolytus (q.v.).

(2) Or Astydamia, wife of Acastus, who fell in love with Peleus. He rejected her proposals, and was in consequence accused by her to Acastus. She was subsequently slain by Peleus. See Acastus; Peleus.

Hippolyte Hippolyte, an Amazon carried off by Theseus

• Apollod. E.1.15
• also called Glauce and Melanippe: Apollod. E.5.1
• daughter of Ares and Otrere: Apollod. E.4.7
• mother of Hippolytus: Apollod. E.5.1
• killed involuntarily by Penthesilia or by Theseus: Apollod. E.4.7, Apollod. E.5.1
• queen of the Amazons, killed by Herakles: Apollod. 2.5.9
• her belt brought by him to Eurystheus: Apollod. 2.5.8, Apollod. 2.5.9, Apollod. 2.5.9
• her tomb: Paus. 1.41.7