Herakles defeats Hippolyta, detail of an Attic red-figure neck amphora | Dickinson College Commentaries

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.

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

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