====== Heracles' 9th Labor ======

Hippolyta stiffened. ‘I hope it is not to drag Hippolyta in chains before that
vile tyrant?’
‘No, no ... not that. It’s this girdle ...’ He looked down at the belt circling
his arm. ‘His daughter, Admete, sent me to fetch it. But now that I have met
you I cannot find it in my heart to ...’
‘Is that all? It is yours, Heracles. Accept it gladly as my gift to you. One
warrior to another.’
‘But it was a gift from your father, Ares the god.’
‘And now it is a gift from your lover Hippolyta the woman.’
‘They say that its wearer is invincible in battle. Can this be true?’
‘I have worn it since I was fourteen and I have never been defeated.’
‘Then I have no right ...’
‘Please. I insist.(81)