Hippŏly̆te

, a queen of the Amazons, given in marriage to These us by Hercules, who had conquered her, and taken away her girdle by order of Eurystheus. See: Hercules . She had a son by These us, called Hippolytus. Plutarch , These us .— Pro pert i us , bk. 4 , poem 3.――The wife of Acastus, who fell in love with Peleus, who was in exile at her husband’s court. She accused him of incontinence, and of attempts upon her virtue, before Acastus, only because he refused to gratify her desires. She is also called Astyochia. See: Acastus .――A daughter of Cretheus. Apollo dor us.