Aëlla
Aëlla ( ancient Greek Ἄελλα , " bride of the wind") is an Amazon of Greek mythology .
She appears in the myth as a companion of Hippolyte when the battle of the Amazons against Heracles breaks out, who has the task of stealing Hippolyte's belt. Aëlla, who got her name because of her speed, is the first Amazon who stands up against Heracles and is killed by him.
literature
- Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher: Aëlla . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 1,1, Leipzig 1886, Col. 85 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Johannes Toepffer : Aella . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 1, Stuttgart 1893, Col. 539.