Mythic Links
Hippolyta
Amazonian queen who possessed a magical girdle she was given by her father Ares, the god of war. The girdle was a waist belt that signified her authority as queen of the Amazons. She figures prominently in the myths of both Heracles and Theseus.
The Amazons
A nation of all-female warriors
HelenDaughter of Zeus and Leda, sister of Castor, Pollux, and Clytemnestra. She was considered to be the most beautiful woman in the world. Her abduction by Paris brought about the Trojan War.
Trojan War
Waged against the city of Troy by the Achaeans (Greeks) after Paris of Troy took Helen from her husband Menelaus king of Sparta. One of the most memorable events in Greek mythology, narrated through many works of Greek literature, most notably Homer's Iliad.
Clytemnestra
Wife ofAgamemnon, ruler of Argos. In the Oresteia by Aeschylus, she was a femme fatale, who murdered her husband,Agamemnon – said by Euripides to be her second husband – and the Trojan princess Cassandra, whom he had taken as war prize following the sack of Troy.
Cassandra
Daughter of King Priam and Queen Hecuba of Troy. Apollo gave her the power of prophecy in order to seduce her, but when she refused him, he gave her the curse of never being believed.
Amazonian queen who possessed a magical girdle she was given by her father Ares, the god of war. The girdle was a waist belt that signified her authority as queen of the Amazons. She figures prominently in the myths of both Heracles and Theseus.
The Amazons
A nation of all-female warriors
HelenDaughter of Zeus and Leda, sister of Castor, Pollux, and Clytemnestra. She was considered to be the most beautiful woman in the world. Her abduction by Paris brought about the Trojan War.
Trojan War
Waged against the city of Troy by the Achaeans (Greeks) after Paris of Troy took Helen from her husband Menelaus king of Sparta. One of the most memorable events in Greek mythology, narrated through many works of Greek literature, most notably Homer's Iliad.
Clytemnestra
Wife ofAgamemnon, ruler of Argos. In the Oresteia by Aeschylus, she was a femme fatale, who murdered her husband,Agamemnon – said by Euripides to be her second husband – and the Trojan princess Cassandra, whom he had taken as war prize following the sack of Troy.
Cassandra
Daughter of King Priam and Queen Hecuba of Troy. Apollo gave her the power of prophecy in order to seduce her, but when she refused him, he gave her the curse of never being believed.
