An Amazon Queen. Otrere was the mother of Penthesileia, and according to Quintus Smyrnaeus, in the Fall of Troy, the mother of Hippolyte (sometimes called Melanippe or Glauce).
Otrere.
By Jimmy Joe
Otrera, according to Greek mythology, was a female warrior who possessed the strength, skill, courage and agility comparable to her male counterparts. Due to her warlike nature, the Greeks associated her with Ares, the god of war. Otrera created t...
An Amazon queen. Penthesileia was the daughter of the war god Ares and Otrere. Penthesileia was as superb and fierce a warrior as she was beautiful. Penthesileia killed another Amazon queen named Hippolyta or Hippolyte. Priam, the king of Troy, pu...
An Amazon Queen. This Hippolyte was also sometimes called Melanippe or Glauce. She shouldn't be confused with the Queen Hippolyte who the owner of golden girdle, which was one of the labours of Heracles. Hippolyte was possibly the daughter of Otre...
The Amazons (Ἀμαζόνες) were a race of women warriors that hasn't only appeared in Greek mythology, but also in other cultures. The Amazons became popular subjects for writers and artists. They were fierce enemies or allies to many heroes in the cl...
Themiscyra was the principal city of the Amazons, and it was located on the Thermodon River that emptied into the Black Sea. Themiscyra is now called Termeh. The Amazons were a tribe of warrior women, said to have originated from Central Asia, and...
There is some confusion over the name of the Amazon who became the wife of the Athenian hero Theseus, and the mother of Hippolytus. Some called her Hippolyta or Hippolyte (Ἱππολύτη), the same name as the Amazon queen who had owned the girdle, the ...
There seemed to be a number of Amazon queens with the name Hippolyte or Hippolyta (Ἱππολύτη). Each one died by a different hand. The Hippolyte that I refer to in this article was the Amazon queen who owned the Girdle of Hippolyte. She was the quee...
Even though the societies in post-Dorian Invasion Greece were predominantly filled with myths about male heroes, some myths still survive about the heroines from the mythical past. Being skilled with a weapon was not the only requirement for being...
Breastless Warriors Amazons in LibyaBreastless Warriors The mythological woman warrior with a leopard hide on her head, holding either a spear and shield or a drawn bow, has remained etched in our memory. These warriors were known as the Amazons, ...
An Amazon warrior. Melanippe (Μελανίππη) was probably the same person as Antiope, sister of Hippolyte. She was also sometimes known as Glauce. According to Apollonius, Melanippe was the sister of the Amazon Queen Hippolyte, who ruled during the ti...