Hippolyte (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Hippolyte (/hɪˈpɒlɪtə/; Ancient Greek: Ἱππολύτη) or Hippolyta was the name of the following characters:

• Hippolyte, queen of the Amazons.[1]
• Hippolyte, also called Astydameia, queen of Iolcus and wife of Acastus. She was described as the opulent daughter of Cretheus.[2]
• Hippolyte, nurse of Smyrna (Myrrha).[3]
• Hippolyte, daughter of Dexamenus.[4]
• Hippolyte, possible name for the mother of Epistrophus and Schedius[5]

Notes

1. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 2.5.9
2. Pindar, Nemean Ode 4.54 (88) with scholia
3. Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses 34
4. Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca historica 4.33.1
5. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3.10.8

References

• Antoninus Liberalis, The Metamorphoses of Antoninus Liberalis translated by Francis Celoria (Routledge 1992). Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Diodorus Siculus, The Library of History translated by Charles Henry Oldfather. Twelve volumes. Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989. Vol. 3. Books 4.59–8. Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site
• Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica. Vol 1-2. Immanel Bekker. Ludwig Dindorf. Friedrich Vogel. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1888-1890. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Pindar, Odes translated by Diane Arnson Svarlien. 1990. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Pindar, The Odes of Pindar including the Principal Fragments with an Introduction and an English Translation by Sir John Sandys, Litt.D., FBA. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1937. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Pseudo-Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.