Hippolyte (mythology)
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In Greek mythology, Hippolyte (/hɪˈpɒlɪtə/; Ancient Greek: Ἱππολύτη) or Hippolyta was the name of the following characters:
- Hippolyte, one of the Hesperides and sister of Mapsaura and Thetis.[1]
- Hippolyte, queen of the Amazons.[2]
- Hippolyte, also called Astydamia, queen of Iolcus and wife of Acastus. She was described as the opulent daughter of Cretheus.[3]
- Hippolyte, nurse of Smyrna (or Myrrha), who helped the girl trick her father Theias into bedding her.[4]
- Hippolyte, an Olenian princess as the daughter of King Dexamenus, and the sister of Eurypylus,[5] Theronice and Theraephone.[6] In some accounts, she was also known as Mnesimache[7] or Deianira.[8] Hippolyte was threatened violence by the centaur Eurytion during her wedding feast (she having married Azan); Heracles, who was also attending the feast, killed him and rescued her.[9]
