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Amazons

The warrior community mobilised by Hera’s false warning to defend their queen.

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Overview

The Amazons do not enter the belt episode as an inexplicably hostile army. Hippolyta has already agreed to give the belt when Hera moves among the community in disguise and claims that strangers are abducting their queen. The warriors ride armed toward the ship in a plausible rescue response, but Heracles reads the approach as betrayal and a peaceful exchange becomes a fatal battle.

Key facts

A false abduction warning

Hera disguises herself among the Amazons and says the strangers are abducting Hippolyta.

Armed ride to the shore

The warriors ride armed toward the ship, an approach Heracles interprets as the queen’s betrayal.

Relationships

  • Heraspreads a false abduction warning

    Hera moves among the Amazons in disguise and claims strangers are abducting their queen.

  • Heraclesride armed toward the ship

    Responding to the false report, the Amazons approach Heracles’ ship under arms.

Story appearances

  • The Labours of HeraclesAmazons in the Labours

    Amazons enters this story through Heracles' labours; when other stories return to the figure, they follow that later setting.

Ancient sources

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