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5113: Amazons. Apulia 4C BC. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen.
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Aella. The first of the AMAZONS to join battle
with Heracles 1 when he made his expedition in order to bring back the girdle of Hippolyte 2. She was killed by him (Dio.4.16.2).
Agave 4 (Hyg.Fab.163).
Alcibie. One of the AMAZONS who came with
Penthesilia to the Trojan War.
Killed by Diomedes 2 at
Troy (QS.1.45, 1.260).
Alcippe 4 had taken a vow to remain a maiden. She
was killed by Heracles 1 (Dio.4.16.2).
Antandre. One of the AMAZONS who came with
Penthesilia to the Trojan War.
Killed by Achilles at
Troy (QS.1.43, 1.531).
Antianira 2. Queen of the AMAZONS. The AMAZONS
maimed their male children by removing a leg or a hand. And
when the Scythians, desiring to come to terms in their war against them, told them that they would find in them no maimed or mutilated bedfellows, Antianira 2 replied that lame men make lusty husbands (Mimn.23).
Antibrote. One of the AMAZONS who came with
Penthesilia to the Trojan War.
Killed by Achilles at
Troy (QS.1.45, 1.532).
Antioche (Hyg.Fab.163).
Antiope 4 fell in love with
Theseus. She was sister of Hippolyte 3 or perhaps the same person (see also Hippolyte 3). She had a son Hippolytus 4 by Theseus. Antiope 4 was killed either by Molpadia 1 or by Theseus (Dio.4.28.3; Hyg.Fab.241; Pau.1.2.1).
Asteria 3 was killed by
Heracles 1 (Dio.4.16.2).
Bremusa. One of the AMAZONS who came with
Penthesilia to the Trojan War. Killed by Idomeneus 1 at Troy (QS.1.43, 1.247).
Celaeno 5. A companion of
Artemis in the hunt. Killed by
Heracles 1 (Dio.4.16.2).
Clonie. One of the AMAZONS who came with
Penthesilia to the Trojan War. Killed by Podarces 2 at Troy (QS.1.42, 1.235ff.).
Clymene 7 (Hyg.Fab.163).
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0721: Amazon in battle. Greek relief 4C BC. Künsthistorische Museum, Wien.
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Deianira 3 was killed by
Heracles 1 (Dio.4.16.2).
Derimacheia. One of the AMAZONS who came with
Penthesilia to the Trojan War.
Killed by Diomedes 2 at
Troy (QS.1.45, 1.260).
Derinoe. One of the AMAZONS who came with
Penthesilia to the Trojan War.
She was killed by Ajax 2 at
Troy (QS.1.42, 1.258).
Dioxippe 4 (Hyg.Fab.163).
Eriboea 2 was killed by
Heracles 1 (Dio.4.16.2).
Euryale 3. An Amazon fighting in
Aeetes' army against the troops of Perses 3 (Val.6.370).
Eurybia 3. A companion of
Artemis in the hunt. She was
killed by Heracles 1 (Dio.4.16.2).
Evandre. One of the AMAZONS who came with
Penthesilia to the Trojan War.
She was killed by Meriones at Troy (QS.1.43, 1.254).
Glauce 6 (Hyg.Fab.163).
Harmothoe. One of the AMAZONS who came with
Penthesilia to the Trojan War.
She was killed by Achilles at
Troy (QS.1.44, 1.533).
Harpe 3. An Amazon fighting in
Aeetes' army against the troops of Perses 3 (Val.6.375).
Hippolyte 2. Queen of the AMAZONS who owned the
belt that Heracles 1 had to
fetch. She was killed by Heracles 1 (Apd.2.5.9; Dio.4.16.1; Plu.GQ.45; QS.6.242).
Hippolyte 3. An Amazon who attacked
Athens when
Theseus was about to marry
Phaedra; or else
Theseus brought her with him. She is sometimes identified with Antiope 4 (see also this name). Mate:
Theseus. Offspring: Hippolytus 4. Death: Some say that she was
killed accidentally by Penthesilia. Others say that she was
killed by Theseus. Still others say that she was killed by Molpadia 1, while fighting at Theseus' side against the
AMAZONS. But it is also said that she died of a broken heart
in Megara (Apd.Ep.1.16-17, 5.1-2; Arg.2.966; Pau.1.41.7; Plu.The.27.4; QS.1.24; Stat.Theb.12.636).
Hippothoe 4. One of the AMAZONS who came with
Penthesilia to the Trojan War.
She was killed by Achilles at
Troy (Hyg.Fab.163; QS.1.44, 1.532).
Iphinome (Hyg.Fab.163).
Laomache (Hyg.Fab.163).
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3723: Achilles and Penthesilia. Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein, 1751-1829: Tod der Penthesilea. Landesmuseum Oldenburg, Das Schloß.
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Lyce. An Amazon fighting in
Aeetes' army against the troops of Perses 3. She was killed by Gesander (Val.6.374).
Marpe was killed by
Heracles 1 (Dio.4.16.3).
Melanippe 2 was taken captive by
Heracles 1, but Hippolyte 3 gave him her girdle as her sister's ransom (Arg.2.966ff.; Dio.4.16.4).
Menippe 3 fought in
Aeetes' army against the troops of Perses 3 (Val.6.377).
Molpadia 1 is said to be the one who shot Hippolyte 3 dead. She was herself killed by Theseus (Pau.1.2.1).
Myrina. Queen of the AMAZONS (Dio.3.54.2; Hom.Il.2.813; Strab.12.8.6).
Ocyale (Hyg.Fab.163).
Otrere. Queen of the AMAZONS and the first to
raise a temple to Artemis in
Ephesus. Mate:
Ares. Offspring: Penthesilia (Apd.Ep.5.1; Arg.2.386; Hyg.Fab.163, 223, 225).
Penthesilia is said to have killed Hippolyte 3 and to have been purified by Priam 1,
king of Troy.
Achilles killed her during the
Trojan War, and fell in love with her, who had come to aid the Trojans, after her death (AETH.1; Apd.Ep.5.1; Hyg.Fab.112, 163; QS.1.19ff., 1.619ff, 1.671; Try.35).
Philippis was killed by
Heracles 1 (Dio.4.16.2).
Phoebe 5. A companion of
Artemis in the hunt. She was
killed by Heracles 1 (Dio.4.16.2).
Polemusa. One of the AMAZONS who came with
Penthesilia to the Trojan War.
She was killed by Achilles at
Troy (QS.1.42, 1.531).
Polydora 6 (Hyg.Fab.163).
Prothoe 1 was killed by
Heracles 1 (Dio.4.16.2).
Tecmessa 2 was killed by
Heracles 1 (Dio.4.16.2).
Thermodosa. One of the AMAZONS who came with
Penthesilia to the Trojan War.
She was killed by Meriones at Troy (QS.1.46, 1.254).
Thoe 3. An Amazon fighting in
Aeetes' army against the troops of Perses 3. She was killed by Gesander (Val.6.375).
Xanthe 2 (Hyg.Fab.163). |