Pausanias' Description of Greece

Hippolyta

Family: Amazons · Role: leader of the Amazons · First appears: Book 1 · Chapter 41

Life events

  • Hippolyta fled to Megara, died of grief, and was buried there.(Book 1 · Chapter 41 · 📍 Megara)
    • “Hippolyta (the sister of Antiope), who was at that time leader of the Amazons, fled to Megara with the remnant of them, and there, having been unsuccessful with her army, and dejected at the present state of things, and still more despondent about getting safe home again to Themiscyra, died of grief and was buried.”

Book 1 · Chapter 41

  • siblings with Antiope (Sisters.) “Hippolyta (the sister of Antiope), who was at that time leader of the Amazons”

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