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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A queen of the Amazons killed by Hercules.
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Examples
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She accuses Oberon of coming to the wedding only because Hippolyta is one of his mistresses, but he accuses her of interfering with Theseus 'affairs ... it's an interesting note, considering they're the royalty of the fairies, and despite the obvious marriage and affection between them there's a great deal of sexual autonomy.
Thoughts: Shakespeare's Comedies paper fantasyecho 2007
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The planet Hippolyta is seemingly lagging technologically and has an Arabic culture.
REVIEW: The Year's Best Science Fiction # 23 edited by Gardner Dozois 2006
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I called Hippolyta's history virtual, but that is semantics.
The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection Dozois, Gardner 2006
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Suddenly the prisoner called "Hippolyta" and gave her a crown entitled our queen the prisoner carved the crown using there teeth.
Leanna T. Reviews Wonder Woman | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources 2007
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Such diversion as the spectators derived was such as Hippolyta seems to have found in listening to Wall, Lion, Moonshine and Co.; but, like Theseus, Lord
Unknown to History: a story of the captivity of Mary of Scotland Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862
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ÂOn Paradise Island, that same mother (Hippolyta) investigates the reports of pregnant Amazons when, suddenly, Artemis returns from her cameos in ‘Secret Six’ to deliver her Bana-Mighdall home to Themiscyra.
Dueling Review: Wonder Woman #37 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009
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A romantic comedy portraying the adventures of four young Athenian lovers and a group of amateur actors, their interactions with the Duke and Duchess of Athens, Theseus and Hippolyta, and with the fairies who inhabit a moonlit forest.
Capsule Summaries of the Great Books of the Western World Jonathan Aquino 2009
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The excellent cast featured Jennifer Goode Cooper, a lustrous soprano, as Titania and Hippolyta; she threw off a few Queen of the Night-ish roulades with great aplomb.
A Remarkably Inventive A Cappella Premiere Heidi Waleson 2011
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At the end of Act II, the adult-Puck figure hesitates to place the ring on the finger of his veiled bride; by the end of Act III, we realize that the adult-Puck is actually Theseus, who has a lot of explaining to do to his bride Hippolyta.
Recurring Daydreams Paul Levy 2011
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They play Theseus and Hippolyta and their alter egos Oberon and Titania, and the problem is that they're conducting a tempestuous on-off love affair which is threatening to derail the movie-making process.
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