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This is my entry for , , and 's Greek Mythology Contest .
This is Hippolyta, one of the great Amazon queens.
Here is her commonly accepted story:
For the ninth labor, Eurystheus ordered Hercules to bring him the belt of Hippolyte [Hip-POLLY-tee]. This was no ordinary belt and no ordinary warrior. Hippolyte was queen of the Amazons, a tribe of women warriors.

Queen Hippolyte had a special piece of armor. It was a leather belt that had been given to her by Ares, the war god, because she was the best warrior of all the Amazons. A sacred girdle, a gift from Ares, the god of war, whom the tribe revered. She wore this belt across her chest and used it to carry her sword and spear. Eurystheus wanted Hippolyte's belt as a present to give to his daughter, and he sent Heracles to bring it back.

Heracles' friends realized that the hero could not fight against the whole Amazon army by himself, so they joined him and set sail in a single ship. After a long journey, they reached the land of the Amazons and put in at the harbor. When Heracles and the Greeks got off the boat, Hippolyte came down to visit them. She asked Heracles why he had come, and when he told her, she promised to give him the belt. But the Goddess Hera knew that the arrival of Heracles meant nothing but trouble for the Amazons. Disguised as an Amazon warrior, Hera went up and down the army saying to each woman that the strangers who had arrived were going to carry off the Queen. So the Amazons put on their armor.
The women warriors charged on horseback down to the ship.
But when Heracles saw that they were wearing their armor and were
carrying their weapons, he knew that he was under attack. Thinking fast, he drew his sword and killed Hippolyte.

Then he undid her belt and took it away from her.

Heracles and the Greeks fought the rest of the Amazons in a great battle.

When the enemy had been driven off, Heracles sailed away. After a stopover at the city of Troy, Heracles returned to Mycenae, and he gave the belt to Eurystheus.
---- Perseus Project

Now when you think of a 'girdle' you think of the contemporary definition: an abdominal slimming device. But in the bronze age a girdle actually referred to something like a belt, often with crisscrossing shoulder straps like here = [link] . Hippolyta's girdle is often described as golden and I wanted to pay hommage to some historical accuracy (since the rest of her outfit obviously isn't LOL) so I graced her with her crisscross girdle.

This piece was fun to put together and I learned a lot more about this historical figure in the process. I kinda wanna write about her now! LOL X3

Damn you scanner... The BG is Orange in person... *sigh*

Stock Used = [link] By:

Aika

Description
This is my entry for , , and 's Greek Mythology Contest .
This is Hippolyta, one of the great Amazon queens.
Here is her commonly accepted story:
For the ninth labor, Eurystheus ordered Hercules to bring him the belt of Hippolyte [Hip-POLLY-tee]. This was no ordinary belt and no ordinary warrior. Hippolyte was queen of the Amazons, a tribe of women warriors.

Queen Hippolyte had a special piece of armor. It was a leather belt that had been given to her by Ares, the war god, because she was the best warrior of all the Amazons. A sacred girdle, a gift from Ares, the god of war, whom the tribe revered. She wore this belt across her chest and used it to carry her sword and spear. Eurystheus wanted Hippolyte's belt as a present to give to his daughter, and he sent Heracles to bring it back.

Heracles' friends realized that the hero could not fight against the whole Amazon army by himself, so they joined him and set sail in a single ship. After a long journey, they reached the land of the Amazons and put in at the harbor. When Heracles and the Greeks got off the boat, Hippolyte came down to visit them. She asked Heracles why he had come, and when he told her, she promised to give him the belt. But the Goddess Hera knew that the arrival of Heracles meant nothing but trouble for the Amazons. Disguised as an Amazon warrior, Hera went up and down the army saying to each woman that the strangers who had arrived were going to carry off the Queen. So the Amazons put on their armor.
The women warriors charged on horseback down to the ship.
But when Heracles saw that they were wearing their armor and were
carrying their weapons, he knew that he was under attack. Thinking fast, he drew his sword and killed Hippolyte.

Then he undid her belt and took it away from her.

Heracles and the Greeks fought the rest of the Amazons in a great battle.

When the enemy had been driven off, Heracles sailed away. After a stopover at the city of Troy, Heracles returned to Mycenae, and he gave the belt to Eurystheus.
---- Perseus Project

Now when you think of a 'girdle' you think of the contemporary definition: an abdominal slimming device. But in the bronze age a girdle actually referred to something like a belt, often with crisscrossing shoulder straps like here = [link] . Hippolyta's girdle is often described as golden and I wanted to pay hommage to some historical accuracy (since the rest of her outfit obviously isn't LOL) so I graced her with her crisscross girdle.

This piece was fun to put together and I learned a lot more about this historical figure in the process. I kinda wanna write about her now! LOL X3

Damn you scanner... The BG is Orange in person... *sigh*

Stock Used = [link] By:

Aika