Queen Hippolyta

E196082

Amazon figure in Greek mythology mythological queen

Queen Hippolyta is the legendary queen of the Amazons in Greek mythology, often depicted as a formidable warrior whose enchanted girdle becomes the object of one of Heracles’ labors.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Hippolyta	13
Queen Hippolyta canonical	4
Queen Hippolyta in Wonder Woman	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1705591 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Queen Hippolyta
Context triple: [Amazonomachy, featuresCharacter, Queen Hippolyta]

A. Hippolita
Hippolita is the pious, long-suffering wife of Prince Manfred in Horace Walpole’s Gothic novel "The Castle of Otranto," embodying virtue, obedience, and self-sacrifice amid the story’s supernatural and political turmoil.
B. Hera
Hera is the queen of the Olympian gods in Greek mythology, revered as the goddess of marriage, women, and family.
C. Athénaïs
Athénaïs was the familiar name of Madame de Montespan, the influential chief mistress of King Louis XIV of France and a prominent figure at the 17th-century French court.
D. Demitra
Demitra is a Slovak surname most notably associated with the late professional ice hockey star Pavol Demitra.
E. Clymene
Clymene is a figure in Greek mythology, often depicted as an Oceanid or Titaness associated with light or fame and known as the wife or consort of the Titan Iapetus.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Queen Hippolyta
Target entity description: Queen Hippolyta is the legendary queen of the Amazons in Greek mythology, often depicted as a formidable warrior whose enchanted girdle becomes the object of one of Heracles’ labors.

A. Hippolita
Hippolita is the pious, long-suffering wife of Prince Manfred in Horace Walpole’s Gothic novel "The Castle of Otranto," embodying virtue, obedience, and self-sacrifice amid the story’s supernatural and political turmoil.
B. Hera
Hera is the queen of the Olympian gods in Greek mythology, revered as the goddess of marriage, women, and family.
C. Athénaïs
Athénaïs was the familiar name of Madame de Montespan, the influential chief mistress of King Louis XIV of France and a prominent figure at the 17th-century French court.
D. Demitra
Demitra is a Slovak surname most notably associated with the late professional ice hockey star Pavol Demitra.
E. Clymene
Clymene is a figure in Greek mythology, often depicted as an Oceanid or Titaness associated with light or fame and known as the wife or consort of the Titan Iapetus.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Amazon ⓘ figure in Greek mythology ⓘ mythological queen ⓘ
appearsInMyth	Ninth Labor of Heracles ⓘ surface form: Ninth labor of Heracles
associatedWith	Amazons ⓘ Ares ⓘ Heracles ⓘ Theseus ⓘ
category	Amazons ⓘ surface form: Amazons in Greek mythology Queens in Greek mythology ⓘ Women in Greek mythology ⓘ
characterTrait	brave ⓘ formidable warrior ⓘ noble (in many accounts) ⓘ
culture	Ancient Greek ⓘ
domain	Amazon kingdom ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Amazons ⓘ
gender	female ⓘ
girdleDescription	enchanted ⓘ gift from Ares (in many versions) ⓘ
girdleOwner	Belt of Hippolyta ⓘ surface form: Hippolyta's girdle
itemOwned	Belt of Hippolyta ⓘ surface form: girdle of Hippolyta
killedBy	Heracles ⓘ surface form: Heracles (in some versions) Theseus' companions (in some versions) ⓘ
loyalTo	Ares ⓘ surface form: Ares (in some traditions)
mentionedBy	Apollodorus' Bibliotheca ⓘ surface form: Apollodorus (Bibliotheca) Diodorus Siculus ⓘ Scholia on Euripides and other later mythographic sources ⓘ surface form: Euripides (indirectly, via Amazon traditions)
mythology	Greek mythology ⓘ
notableEvent	abduction or marriage to Theseus (in some versions) ⓘ encounter with Heracles for the girdle ⓘ
notableFor	involvement in the labors of Heracles ⓘ possessing an enchanted girdle ⓘ ruling the Amazons ⓘ
parent	Hippolytus ⓘ surface form: Hippolytus (in some traditions)
portrayedAs	leader of a matriarchal warrior society ⓘ
questObjectOf	Heracles' labor to obtain her girdle ⓘ
relative	Antiope ⓘ surface form: Antiope (sometimes conflated or presented as sister) Penthesilea (in later tradition) ⓘ surface form: Penthesilea (in some traditions, sister)
sourceType	ancient Greek literature ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ
species	mortal human (in most traditions) ⓘ
spouseOrConsort	Theseus ⓘ surface form: Theseus (in some traditions)
title	Queen of the Amazons ⓘ
weapon	bow and arrows (typical Amazon armament) ⓘ spear (typical Amazon armament) ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Amazonomachy → featuresCharacter → Queen Hippolyta ⓘ

Wonder Woman → mainCharacter → Queen Hippolyta ⓘ

subject surface form: Wonder Woman (2017 film)