This exhibit is a subset of materials from the Perseus Project digital library and is copyrighted. To read more about these topics, see Further Resources. After a stopover at the city of Troy, Hercules returned to Mycenae, and he gave the belt to Eurystheus. When the enemy had been driven off, Hercules sailed away. Hercules and the Greeks fought the rest of the Amazons in a great battle. Then he undid her belt and took it away from her. A wrapped object at her waist may represent the prized belt. The Amazon has fallen to one knee, supported by the shield on her left arm. Tampa 82.11.1, Attic black figure neck amphora, c. Thinking fast, he drew his sword and killed Hippolyte. 460-450 B.C.īut when Hercules saw that they were wearing their armor and were carrying their weapons, he knew that he was under attack. Mississippi 1977.3.243, Attic red figure white ground pyxis, c. The women warriors charged on horseback down to the ship. Malibu 77.AE.11, Attic red figure volute krater, c. 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. But the goddess Hera knew that the arrival of Hercules meant nothing but trouble for the Amazons. She asked Hercules why he had come, and when he told her, she promised to give him the belt. Photograph by Maria Daniels, courtesy of The University of Pennsylvania Museum Philadelphia MS4832, Attic black figure amphora, c. When Hercules and the Greeks got off the boat, Hippolyte came down to visit them. Photograph courtesy of the Trustees of the British Museum, LondonĪfter a long journey, they reached the land of the Amazons and put in at the harbor. Eight figures can be seen rowing the upper set of oars (there are at least as many people on the lower deck) and the sail is fully extended, giving the impression that the boat is moving "full speed ahead." Its prow is in the form of a boar's head, and it has a high fore-deck, steering oars and a landing ladder at the stern. 540-500 B.C.Ī warship with mast and sail. London B 436, Attic black figure kylix, c. Hercules' friends realized that the hero could not fight against the whole Amazon army by himself, so they joined with him and set sail in a single ship. Eurystheus wanted Hippolyte's belt as a present to give to his daughter, and he sent Hercules to bring it back. She wore this belt across her chest and used it to carry her sword and spear. 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. Queen Hippolyte had a special piece of armor. The Amazons lived apart from men, and if they ever gave birth to children, they kept only the females and reared them to be warriors like themselves. Their name comes from a Greek word meaning "missing one breast." This is because an Amazon's right breast got in the way when she threw a spear. These Amazons had nothing to do with the Amazon river in South America. Photograph by Maria Daniels, courtesy of the University Museums, University of Mississippi Mississippi 1977.3.57, Attic black figure neck amphora, c. Hippolyte was queen of the Amazons, a tribe of women warriors. This was no ordinary belt and no ordinary warrior. For the ninth labor, Eurystheus ordered Hercules to bring him the belt of Hippolyte.
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