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Hippolyta

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Hip·pol·y·ta  (h-pl-t)
n. Greek Mythology
A queen of the Amazons killed by Hercules.

Hippolyta [hɪˈpɒlɪtə], Hippolyte [hɪˈpɒlɪˌtiː]
n
(Myth & Legend / Classical Myth & Legend) Greek myth a queen of the Amazons, slain by Hercules in battle for her belt, which he obtained as his ninth labour


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He had picked up a trifle, he said, which was rather a curiosity, it was an ancient Greek dagger of the Mycenaean Epoch, and might well have been worn in the time of Theseus and Hippolyta.
 
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