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Penthesilea
is the Queen of the Amazons. She is the daughter of Ares, god of war, and Ortrera. Her sisters are Hippolyta, Melanippe, and Antiope. Wiki Link She appears in the Aethiopis (600 BCE?), Virgil's Aenid (29-19 BCE), and Kleist's adaptation (1808 CE).
Artemis
God of the hunt, wilderness, childbirth, and chastity. She is the god of the Amazons in Greek Mythology. She is the twin sister of Apollo. She is usually depicted as an extraordinary archer.
Hippolyta
She is the Queen of the Amazons. Retrieving Hippolyta's Girdle is the 9th labor of Hercules. At first he woos her and they fall in loe. But Hera disguises herself as an Amazon and sews seeds of distrust. The Amazons attack Hercules and his men and Hercules kills Hippolyta and takes her girdle.
In other versions Hippolyta is basically abducted and taken by Hercules friend, Theseus.
