Antiope (Amazon)
The kidnapping of Antiope by Theseus (painting by Ulrike Koch-Brinkmann)
Antiope ( ancient Greek Ἀντιόπη ) is an Amazon of Greek mythology .
According to Pausanias , she is the sister of the Amazon queen Hippolyte , the wife of Theseus . According to Servius , she is Hippolyte's daughter, according to Hyginus , she was a daughter of Ares and was killed by Theseus because of an oracle.
Theseus brought her a gift from Herakles , whereupon she later fought at his side against the Amazons invading Attica and found her death.
literature
- Adolf Klügmann : Antiope 2 . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 1,1, Leipzig 1886, Col. 382 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Konrad Wernicke : Antiope 4 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 2, Stuttgart 1894, Col. 2497-2500.
Web links
- Entry: Antiope 2. In: Greek Myth Index. 2007, accessed January 26, 2014 .