Penthesilia and Hippolyta
Stories concerning the various Amazon daughters of Otrera are confusing, but Penthesilea comes to prominence because of the death of Hippolyta.
Some say Hippolyta was killed by Heracles when he came to retrieve her girdle, and some tell of her being killed by Theseus, when she attacked Athens, but some tell of how it was neither Greek hero who killed Hippolyta in battle, because Hippolyta was accidentally killed in the fight (either fight) by Penthesilea.
Alternatively, Hippolyta did not die in battle, but died in a hunting accident, when Penthesilea threw a spear at a deer.
“Penthesilea Accidentally Kills her Sister Hippolyte while Hunting” 19th.century
Emil Wolff
German 1802-1879
Hermitage.
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