…The most famous Amazon city is Themyscira in Pontus (the southern coast of the Black Sea), where the hero Hercules visited and killed Queen Hippolyte and took her girdle (the ninth of his twelve labors). The Athenian king Theseus (some say together with Hercules) also invaded the land of the ladies and kidnapped Hippolyte's sister Antiope as his own wife. This led the Amazons to attack Athens, but they were repelled. *Some of the terminology that mentions "Antiope" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…アマゾンの町としてもっとも名高いのはポントス(黒海南岸地方)のテミスキュラで,この地を英雄ヘラクレスが訪れ,女王ヒッポリュテHippolytēを殺害してその帯を奪った(十二功業の第9番目)。アテナイ王テセウスも(一説ではヘラクレスとともに)女人国に遠征し,ヒッポリュテの妹アンティオペAntiopēをさらってみずからの妻とした。このためアマゾンはアテナイにまで攻め寄せたが撃退された。… ※「アンティオペ」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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