2. Herakles went to Amozonia and wanted to take Queen Hippolyte’s sacred gold
belt.According to what epics write, in reality that gold belt belonged to Ares (the God of
war) and was used by the Queen.
3. That belt was the main reason for the first war between them.
5. Many Amazon warrior women including Quuen Hippolyte were killed
on the battle field.
6. LEGEND TWO
Penthesilea ,
Amazonian queen, the
daughter of Ares and
Otrera] and the sister of
Hippolyta.
7. She comes to Troy to kill Achilles.Achilles eventually kills her, needing
only one blow to her breastplate to knock her over and leave her begging
for her life.
8. He is unmoved by her
pleas, however, and kills
her. He mocks her corpse
until he removes her
helmet. At this point,
Achilles is so moved by
Penthesilea's beauty that
he feels intense pity and
sadness because he wishes
that he could have married
her.
