Hippolyte
mythological figure · 2 works · 2 mentions · 3 anchored passages
in the texts
Panathenaicus
The Amazon linked with Theseus whose departure to Athens motivates the expedition to recover her.
also by the Scythians, led by the Amazons, the offspring of Ares, who made the expedition to recover Hippolyte, since she had not only broken the laws which were established among them, but had become enamored of Theseus and followed him from her home to Athens and there lived with him as his consort;
Nemean
Wife of Acastus who, spurned by Peleus, falsely accuses him of assault.
that Peleus had made an attempt on her in Acastus’ own bed.
With elaborate planning she persuaded her husband, the watcher of the Magnesians, to be a partner in her plot, and she forged a false story;
Peleus turned a warlike hand against Iolcus and gave it in subjection to the Haemones after encountering the crafty arts of Acastus’ wife Hippolyte.