is steeped in Greek mythology with many believing these originate in ancient Greek hunter tribes. Hercules (the most common English spelling) is half mortal and half-son-of-Zeus. He is an example of the sort of bi-existential characters that appear in Greek plays and poems, such as Hercules, Perseus, and Achilles.

Hercules relevance to Amazons occurs in the 9th Labor of Hercules, when he is sent to retrieve Hippolyta's belt. This plays out one of three ways in various myths: the first is that he defeats the Amazons/Hippolyta and takes the belt by force, the second is that Hippolyta was so impressed with Hercules'deeds she just gives it to him, or Hercules kidnaps her sister Melanippe and she trades it to him for her life. In the myth of Theseus, who joins Hercules, Hippolyta is kidnapped, forced in sexual slavery and impregnated, causing the Greeks to invade Attica, starting the Attic Wars.

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