In Greek mythology, Hippolyte (/hɪˈpɒlɪtə/; Ancient Greek: Ἱππολύτη) or Hippolyta was the name of the following characters:
- Hippolyte, one of the Hesperides and sister of Mapsaura and Thetis.[1]
- Hippolyte, queen of the Amazons.[2]
- Hippolyte, also called Astydamia, queen of Iolcus and wife of Acastus. She was described as the opulent daughter of Cretheus.[3]
- Hippolyte, nurse of Smyrna (Myrrha).[4]
- Hippolyte, an Olenian princess as the daughter of King Dexamenus, and the sister of Eurypylus,[5] Theronice and Theraephone.[6] In some accounts, she was also known as Mnesimache[7] or Deianira.[8] Hippolyte was threatened violence by the centaur Eurytion during her wedding feast (she having married Azan); Heracles, who was also attending the feast, killed him and rescued her.[9]
- Hippolyte, possible name for the mother of Epistrophus and Schedius[10]
- ^ Attic pyxis (red-figure) by Douris, circa 470. London, British Museum: E. 772.
- ^ Apollodorus, 2.5.9
- ^ Pindar, Nemean Ode 4.54 (88) with scholia
- ^ Antoninus Liberalis, 34
- ^ Pausanias, 7.19.9
- ^ Pausanias, 5.3.3
- ^ Apollodorus, 2.5.5
- ^ Hyginus, Fabulae 31 & 33
- ^ Diodorus Siculus, 4.33.1
- ^ Apollodorus, 3.10.8