Heracles when driven mad by the goddess Hera
Murdered
his three children and his wife Megara
The
Delphic oracle punished him for the murders
By ordering him to perform the Twelve Labors
The labors were set by king Eurystheus his cousin
The
ninth Labor took Him to the land of the Amazon
To
retrieve the belt of the amazon queen Hippolyte
A
magical girdle for which he must probably fight
A
race of fierce warrior women and great archers
Who
were the first people to use mounted fighters
To
get the belt as a gift for the daughter of Eurystheus
Heracles
used other heroes among them Theseus
But
as it turned out, the Amazon queen Hippolyte
Willingly
gave Hercules her belt perhaps to be polite
But
Hera was not about to let the hero off so easily
The
goddess stirred up the Amazons very cleverly
With
a rumor Heracles had captured their queen
And
a great battle then ensued to vent their spleen
But
Heracles made off with the belt of Hippolyte
And
Theseus an Amazon princess to their delight
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