Hippolyta

American  

[hi-pol-i-tuh] / hɪˈpɒl ɪˌtə /

noun

Classical Mythology.

1. a queen of the Amazons, variously said to have been killed by Hercules or to have been conquered and married by Theseus.

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Hippolyta British  

/ hɪˈpɒlɪˌtiː, hɪˈpɒlɪtə /

noun

1. Greek myth a queen of the Amazons, slain by Hercules in battle for her belt, which he obtained as his ninth labour

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Example Sentences

Montrose and Tic were still on bad terms, Leti was angry about Tic’s plans to leave town and Hippolyta suspects them all of hiding something about George’s death.

From The Guardian • Sep. 7, 2020

She's an extraordinary force whose work complements Mosaku's might and Aunjanue Ellis's glowing performance as George's wife Hippolyta, a woman forced to swallow her career ambitions.

From Salon • Aug. 16, 2020

She passed her bouquet of “flowers,” fashioned out of old comic books, to her parents, appropriately dressed as Zeus and Hippolyta, and took Adam’s hands.

From Washington Post • Jun. 22, 2017

Question 4: "Now, fair Hippolyta, our nuptial hour draws on apace..."

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2015

She rubbed sleep from her eyes and remembered fragments of a dream in which she was Wonder Woman and Sosie was Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons.

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray