Hippŏlytē, ēs, and Hippŏlyta, ae, f., = Ἱππολύτη.
I An Amazon , daughter of Mars , taken captive in the war of the Amazons by Theseus , to whom she bore Hippolytus , Hyg. Fab. 30; Just. 2, 4, 23; Plaut. Men. 1, 3, 17.—
II The wife of Acastus , king of Magnesia , who conceived a passion for Peleus , and , because she met with no return of affection from him , accused him to her husband of an attempt upon her virtue , Hyg. Fab. 14 med. ; Hor. C. 3, 7, 18.