Herakles defeats Hippolyta, detail of an Attic red-figure neck amphora

Herakles (left) battles Hippolyte (center). Herakles grabs Hippolyte by her right arm with his left hand, raising his club in his right. Hippolyte has fallen to her right knee, and supports herself with the shield on her left arm. A wrapped object at her waist may represent the belt Herakles was sent to retrieve. A second Amazon (left) raises her shield attempting to engage Herakles.

Herakles battles Hippolyte. Detail of a red-figure neck amphora, J. Paul Getty Museum, Tampa 82.11.1. Image via the Perseus Project.

Online Resources
Perseus Project
Associated Passages
205-248
Date
c. 510–500 BCE
Medium
terracotta
Location
J. Paul Getty Museum