Soon Asteria lay dead and Melannipe was captured and exchanged for this gift from Ares.
At first it was given peacefully, but after Hera descended to spread lies about an invasion it was procured by force. Soon Asteria lay dead and Melannipe was captured and exchanged for this gift from Ares. Desired by Admeta, in an alternate version of the tale its namesake is crushed to death and the hero quickly escapes by boat, whereupon returning to Eurystheus' court he is sent out to capture the blue oxen of Geryon. FTP identify this object of Heracles' 9th labor: the waistbelt of an Amazonian queen.
At first it was given peacefully, but after Hera descended to spread lies about an invasion it was procured by force.
girdle of Hippolyta