Amazons - Alphabetic list

Aello | Aella
The first to attack Heracles in the battle for Hippolyte's girdle. But Heracles wore the lion skin (from his first of the twelve labors), making him invulnerable. Aello could not kill Heracles and so he was easily able to kill her.

Ainia
An enemy of Achilles. She fought with Penthesilea at Troy, against Achilles.

Ainippe
One of the many Amazons who went after Heracles' captains, after Hippolyte was killed, in order to avenge her.

Alcibie
She fought with Penthesilea at Troy.

Alcinoe
A warrior under Andromache.

Alcippe
She was the ninth and last Amazon to die in single combat against Heracles. After her death, the Amazons fought in a group.

Alkaia
She was one of the generals in Queen Andromache's army.

Amynomene
She served under Orithia in the Attica war.

Anaea
She was an Amazon conqueror from the Thermodontine Amazons. She named a city after herself and her tomb lies there.

Anaxilea
Anaxilea was an Amazon who was believed to be of royal blood.

Androdaira | Androdaixa
One of the leaders of the Amazons who fought and died at Troy for Penthesileia. She was killed by Achilles.

Androdameia
She served under Orithia in the Attica war.

Andromache
An Amazon queen noted for her ferocity, and victories, in battle. The members of her troop are as follows:
Alcinoe, Andromeda, Antimache, Areximacha, Okypoous, Pisto, Scyleia, Teisipyte, Telepyleia, Thraso, Toxaris, Toxis, Toxophile.

Andromeda
One of the mightier warriors under Andromache.

Antandre
She fought with Penthesilea at Troy.

Antianara
She succeeded Penthesilea as queen after Penthesilea was killed at Troy.

Antianeira
Dueled with Theseus in single combat and lost in the Attica war.

Antibrote
She was one of the twelve Amazons who fought alongside Penthesilea at Troy.

Antimache
A warrior under Andromache.

Antimachos
She served under Orithia in the Attica war.

Antiope
Version I
The Amazon queen Antiope was kidnapped by Heracles from her homeland, brought to Athens and presented to King Theseus. Theseus took her as his wife (or concubine, according to some myths) and she bore him a son named Hippolytus after her sister Hippolyte. She is the only Amazon known to have married. Fighting by her husband's side during an Amazon attack on Athens, one of her Amazon sisters, Molpadia, ran her through with a spear.

Version II
Antiope was an Amazon queen when Theseus (with or without Heracles) attacked. When she was defeated, she married Theseus and had his son, Hippolytus, named after Queen Hippolyte.

Version III
In another tale, Antiope was his consort, not his wife, and felt betrayed by Theseus when he married another. Antiope attacked the day of the wedding with her Amazons. She had planned to massacre the guests. It took Theseus, his companions, and the invincible Heracles to kill her.

Areto
Areto was an Amazon who went to Pantariste to kill the captains of Heracles' band to avenge the murder of Hippolyte. The Amazons won the battle.

Areximacha
A warrior under Andromache.

Aristomache
Was the Amazon who fought Mounichos in the Attica war.

Asteria
She was the sixth slain by Heracles in single combat when he came for Hippolyte's girdle. Even though the Amazons knew he was invulnerable, they still chose to challenge him one by one.

Bremusa
One of Penthesilea's twelve companions at Troy, where she was killed.

Celaneo
Celaneo was an Amazon under Hippolyte whose best weapon was a spear. She fought with Eurybe and Phoebe, standing shoulder to shoulder in combat. They were killed by Heracles.

Cleite
Her ship was blown off course when on its way to join Penthesilea at Troy, she ended up in Italy and founded the city of Clete.

Clonie
Accompanied Penthesileia to Troy, and died there.

Clyemne
Was an Amazon who fought both Theseus and Phaleros in single combat in the Attica war.

Deianeira
She was the fifth Amazon killed by Heracles in single combat.

Deinomache
She served under Orithia in the Attica war.

Derimacheia
She was one of the twelve Amazons with Penthesilea at Troy.

Derinoe
Derinoe was another of the twelve who fought for Penthesilea at Troy. She killed Laogonus in single combat.

Doris
An Amazon named for the sea-goddess. She was a spear-woman and fought in the Attica war.

Echephyle
She fought Eudorus in single combat in the Attica war.

Eriobea
She was the fourth killed by Heracles in single combat.

Eumache
She was an Amazon who, disarmed and out of arrows, fought with a stone in the Attica war.

Euryale
She was an Amazon princess, and an ally to Aeetes against the Scythians. As she rode through the raging battle she swung her great labrys round and round and slew enemies with great ease.

Eurybe
One of the trio, with Celaneo and Phoebe, who stood shoulder-to-shoulder with their spears and were unbeatable in battle - until they met Heracles and the lion skin which made him invulnerable. He killed all three with one mighty sword stroke.

Euryleia
She served under Orithia in the Attica war.

Evandre
She accompanied Penthesileia to Troy, and died there.

Gryne
The Amazon made love to by Apollo.

Harmothoe
Another of Penthesilea's companions at Troy.

Hipp | 'Horse' | Hippo
The name Hipp, which means 'horse', is a word found in many Amazon names. Hipp was one of the generals who helped found the cities of Ephesus, Smyrna, Cyrene, and Myrina. Afterwards she and her 'sister' generals, Marpesia and Lampado, set up a wooden image of Artemis in Ephesus. There they would perform a ceremonial shield dance with rattling quivers, beating the ground in unison to the accompaniment of pipes playing a wild, warlike melody.

Hippolyta | Hippolyte
Hippolyta was one of the greatest queens of the Amazons and one of the most beautiful and strongest women of her time. She wore the golden girdle of Amazonian queenship, a gift from her father, Ares (her mother was Otrera). This royal belt became the object of Heracles' ninth labor. Hippolyta was attracted to Heracles and was ready to give him the girdle until Hera, Heracles' nemesis, disguised herself as an Amazon and spread the rumor that the queen had been robbed by him. The Amazons rose to assist their queen and a fight ensued. In the battle, Heracles, believing Hippolyta plotted against him, killed her, took the girdle and left.

Hippolyte II
She was Penthesilea's sister. While the two were hunting together, Penthesilea accidentally killed her. Penthesilea was so shocked and ashamed, that she left the Amazons, taking twelve of her Amazons with her to Troy.

Hippomache
She served under Orithia in the Attica war.

Hippothoe
She also fought along with Penthesilea at Troy.

Hypsipyle
Hypsipyle served under Hippolyte. She joined in the battle with Pantariste against Heracles' captains, Telamon, Theseus and Tiamides.

Iphito
Iphito also served under Hippolyte. She joined in the battle with Pantariste against Heracles' captains, Telamon, Theseus and Tiamedes.

Kleoptoleme
She was a warrior under Andromache.

Kreousa
She was killed by Phylakos in single combat in the Attica war.

Kydoime
She was also a warrior under Andromache.

Lampado
A queen and General of the Army. She was instrumental in setting up a famous shrine to Artemis at Ephesus.

Laodoke
She served under Orithia in the Attica war.

Lykopis
She was an archer under Andromache.

Lysippe
The Amazon queen Lysippe had a son, Tanais, who offended Aphrodite by his scorn of marriage and his devotion to war. In revenge Aphrodite caused him to fall in love with his mother. He was so shamed by this that he flunged himself into a river, thereby drowning. Lysippe lost her sorrow in work consolidating her queendom, building the city of Themiscyra and raising temples to worship Artemis. She was the one who established the policies that Amazons lived by. She was an intelligent woman, and an excellent general. It is said she led a force of women that were the first to use calvary in battle.

Marpe
She was the seventh to face Heracles in single combat, and the seventh to die.

Marpesia
One of the great military queens, Marpesia began a victorious campaign at the Black Sea and soon conquered Thrace and Syra. Then, with Queen Hippo, she marched through Ephesus and Cyrene, finally reaching the Aegean Sea. After settling down to rule her empire, she was called back to the battlefield to defend it from the attack of a force of Asian barbarians and lost her life in the process.

Melanippe
Melanippe was the sister of Antiope. When Heracles came for Hippolyte's girdle, she was captured. While being shipped to Greece, she planned a successful mutiny on one of Heracles' ships, that freed her and some other captive Amazons. They took over the ship, killing the Greeks and tossing their bodies overboard. Unfortunately, these Amazons were 'horsemen', not sailors, and they were soon shipwrecked on the shores of Scythia. Here they stole horses and became marauders and thieves.

Melousa
She served under Orithia in the Attica war.

Mimnousa
She served under Orithia in the Attica war.

Molpadia
She served under Orithia in the Attica war. She is cited in some myths as the slayer of Antiope in the battle of Athens.

Myrine
In addition to Amazonia north of Greece, there was supposedly another Amazon kingdom, possibly of earler vintage, in Lybia, where Myrine ruled. She is reported to have invaded Atlantis and subdued it with 30.000 mounted women warriors supported by 3.000 infantrywomen, all armed with bows and protected by heavy snakeskin armor. Defeating the Atlantians, Myrine executed all the men and enslaved the women and children. Then she established a city in her name and signed a truce with the remaining Atlantians to protect them against a fierce neighboring tribe.

When the Amazons relaxed, confident in their victory, the Atlantians concluded a secret alliance with the neighboring tribes and overthrew the women warriors. Myrine escaped and pursued her military career eastward, conquering Lesbos, Samothrace, and Lemnos. Caught in a storm in the Aegean Sea, she sacrificed to 'the Mother' and was spared, thereafter setting up shrines in the goddess' honor. She died in battle in Thrace, when an alliance of kings invaded Amazon-held Asia Minor. Her grave was covered by a huge hill built by women and called Baticia, 'thorn hill'.

Myrto
In some myths she is the mother of Myrtilius by Hermes, though, in other myths, his mother is usually seen as Cleobule.

Mytilene
Sister of Myrine, Queen of the Amazons, Mytilene assisted her in their attack on Lesbos, and in gratitude Myrine built and named its chief city for her.

Okyale
An archer who engaged Astyochos in single combat in the Attica war.

Okypous
A warrior under Andromache.

Omphale
The Amazon queen Omphale was said to have ruled the southern empire of Libya, Omphale bought Heracles in a sale of slaves and had him weave, spin and card wool as well as many other duties. If he made mistakes she would beat him with a golden sandal. Eventually growing bored with him, Omphale sent Heracles back to his homeland.

Orithia | Oreithia, Oreithyia
She was kidnapped and raped by Doreas, the north wind. As a result she bore two daughters, Cleopatra and Chione, and the two Argonauts, Calais and Zetes. She was a daughter of the Amazon queen Marpesia. When her mother was killed by Asian barbarians, her mother's position fell to her. She forged an alliance with Sagillus, King of Scythia, who sent his son with an army to help Orithia avenge her mother's death. She was the leader of the invading Amazons in the Attica war.

Otrere
Otrere meaning 'nimble' was the name given in some tales to the ancestral goddess of the Amazons. It was also a title of distinction bestowed upon women leaders.

Pantariste
When Heracles' captains fled, Pantariste lead the chase after them. Two Greek foot soldiers attacked her, but she killed both, one by choking him to death, the other by beheading him with her labrys, a double-headed axe.

Penthesilia
Penthesilia was the daughter of Orithia and Ares, the god of war. She was one of the greatest Amazon warriors, known for her bravery, her skill in weapons and her wisdom. During a hunt, she accidentally killed her sister, Hippolyte II. She was so filled with grief that she set out for Troy where her Amazons fought against the Greeks. Since she was the daughter of Ares she was able to kill many warriors at Troy, including Machaon. She engaged Achilles in single combat that was a close combat but was finally killed. Achilles mourned her death when he tore off her helmet and saw her beauty. It is said, in some versions that in his battle rage, he raped her corpse, and killed a comrade that suggested that his lust was unnatural.

Philippis
Philippis was the second Amazon, of nine, to engage Heracles in single combat. She was killed.

Phoebe
Phoebe was the third of a trio of Amazon spear-women, with Celaneo and Eurybe, who were killed by Heracles.

Pisto
A warrior under Andromache.

Polemusa
Polemusa was one of the Amazons who accompanied Penthesilea to Troy.

Prothoe
Prothoe was the third Amazon to take Heracles in single combat. Heracles won, killing her.

Pyrgomache
She served under Orithia in the Attica war.

Scyleia
A warrior under Andromache.

Tecmessa
Tecmessa was the eighth Amazon to challenge Heracles in hand-to-hand combat. She was killed.

Teisipyte
A warrior under Andromache.

Telepyleia
A warrior under Andromache.

Thalestris
Thalestris was an Amazon queen during the days of Alexander the Great. Alexander met with her and they hunted lions together and had thirteen nights of lovemaking (thirteen is a sacred fertility number for moon worshippers - it is the number of new moons in a year). She had hoped to have a mighty daughter from Alexander, but she died soon afterward without issue.

Thermadosa
Thermadosa was one of Pentesilea's Amazon companions at Troy.

Thraso
A warrior under Andromache.

Toxaris
A warrior under Andromache.

Toxis
A warrior under Andromache.

Toxophile
A warrior under Andromache.

Valasca | Dlasta
Valasca was a tyrannical Amazon warrior queen. She had the right eye and thumbs of all captured males removed, so as to make them useless in battle.

Xanthippe
She served under Orithia in the Attica war.