Why did Hercules have to fight the Amazons? Detailed answer

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Why did Hercules have to fight the Amazons?

At the request of his daughter Admeta, Eurystheus ordered Hercules to get the golden belt of the god of war Ares, which was worn by the queen of the Amazons, Hippolyta.

Taking with him several volunteers, Hercules went on a ship to the Amazons. Hippolyta, captivated by Hercules' muscular body, offered him the belt of Ares as a gift as a token of her love. However, Hera was already there and, dressed up as an Amazon, began to spread the rumor that the strangers wanted to kidnap Hippolyta. Hearing these words, the excited warriors mounted their horses and hurried to the ship.

Hercules, suspecting betrayal, immediately killed Hippolyta, took off her belt and prepared to stand up for himself. He killed all the leaders of the Amazons in turn, and then put their army to flight. Some, however, say that Hippolyta refused to voluntarily give up the girdle to Hercules, and they fought in a specially prepared place. Hercules knocked Hippolyta out of the saddle and stood over her with a raised club, offering mercy, but she chose not to give in and die.

According to another version, Hippolyta survived and led the campaign of the Amazons against Athens in order to avenge the kidnapping of her sister Antiope by Theseus. Having been defeated, Hippolyta was captured, and then, becoming the wife of Theseus, bore him a son, Hippolytus.

Author: Kondrashov A.P.

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Why is an area in France called Normandy?

The beginning of the "Viking era", or, as they were called in those days, the Normans, most likely, should be attributed to the end of the XNUMXth century AD. It was at this time from the fjords of Norway and the bays of Denmark that these desperate sailors set off on their first predatory campaigns. The Vikings were the first to cross the Atlantic and established colonies in Iceland and Greenland. In the XNUMXth century, they reached the southern cities of France and the shores of sunny Italy.

In 885, the Norman army captured Rouen and laid siege to Paris. This was not the first siege of this city, so the Parisians, remembering the bitter experience of the past, preferred to pay off the conquerors. The Vikings, being "out of work", moved to the northwestern part of France, where many of them chose to stay permanently. The French king Charles III was forced to leave the territories captured by the Vikings at their mercy. In 911, he granted the Norwegian Rollo a whole province, which still retains the name Normandy.

The Normans were by far the best shipbuilders in Northern Europe. They sailed on boats, which we know about thanks to the Viking custom of burying the dead on ships.

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