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Which one? Which Story? Hercules and Hippolyta? Or Theseus and Hippolyta? Or Theseus and Antiope? There are several versions of the ending of Hippolyta and Antiope.
In one, Antiope (or Hippolyta) was kidnapped and abandoned by Theseus eventually. Amazons chased Theseus all the way to Athens. Theseus killed Antiope (or Hippolyta) in battle.
The other, Theseus kidnapped Antiope to Athens. Hippolyta led the Amazons to attack Athens. Antiope decided to fight on Athens side. She was fatally wounded in battle. And Molpadia ended her suffering with an arrow (some say spear). Molpadia was in turn killed by Theseus.
Of course, another common version, Hippolyta was killed by Penthesilea by accident.
Oh, I can not wait to see your beautiful work.
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Well - as for me only the first choice of yours is fitting to the picture. Actually - there are so many versions of this myth, that I lost myself in their details and versions - LOL!!!
Of course - while making this picture I had in my mind the "classic" version of Heracles' Ninth work - to get Hippolyte's girdle.
Even if - for sure - the myths versions with Theseus and Antiope are quite interesting too, I found them many years later, so... No, there is no Theseus in this scene, just Heracles, Hippolyta and some of her Amazons.
Actually - there were some "Hippolytas" in Amazon history of course: and for sure the one whom Penthesilea accidentally killed was not the one who was killed by Heracles.
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According to Plutarch, Amazon attacking Athens was real history. And yes, there were many Amazons named "Hippolytas" or "Antiope" or even "Penthesilea", just like today, we have many named "Mary", "Jane" and "Susan"
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Hippolyta does NOT look pleased
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