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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.


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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But right there in the middle of all the mess were about 30 uninterrupted minutes built around Ellis, as a housewife named Hippolyta.

From New York Times • Dec. 4, 2020

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

The ninth labor was to bring back the girdle of Hippolyta, the Queen of the Amazons.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton