Hippolyte (mythology)

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 Astydameia, queen of Iolcus and wife of Acastus. She was described as the opulent daughter of Cretheus.[3]
* Hippolyte, nurse of Smyrna (Myrrha).[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]
* Hippolyte, possible name for the mother of Epistrophus and Schedius[10]

## See also

* Hippolyte (disambiguation)

## Notes

1. ↑ Attic pyxis (red-figure) by Douris, circa 470. London, British Museum: E. 772.
2. ↑ Apollodorus, 2.5.9
3. ↑ Pindar, Nemean Ode 4.54 (88) with scholia
4. ↑ Antoninus Liberalis, 34
5. ↑ Pausanias, 7.19.9
6. ↑ Pausanias, 5.3.3
7. ↑ Apollodorus, 2.5.5
8. ↑ Hyginus, Fabulae 31 & 33
9. ↑ Diodorus Siculus, 4.33.1
10. ↑ Apollodorus, 3.10.8

## References

* Antoninus Liberalis, The Metamorphoses of Antoninus Liberalis translated by Francis Celoria (Routledge 1992). Online version at the Topos Text Project.
* Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
* Diodorus Siculus, The Library of History translated by Charles Henry Oldfather. Twelve volumes. Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989. Vol. 3. Books 4.59-8\. Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site
* Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica. Vol 1-2. Immanel Bekker. Ludwig Dindorf. Friedrich Vogel. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1888–1890. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
* Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
* Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. ISBN 0-674-99328-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
* Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
* Pindar, Odes translated by Diane Arnson Svarlien. 1990. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
* Pindar, The Odes of Pindar including the Principal Fragments with an Introduction and an English Translation by Sir John Sandys, Litt.D., FBA. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1937. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.

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