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| | Girdle of Hippolyte |
 | | It was Admete, the daughter of Eurystheus, who begged her father for the possession of this symbolic girdle (it gave supremacy and power to the wearer). |
 | | The female warriors, in protection of their queen, began fighting the heroes, and in the fierce battle that ensued, Hippolyte was killed by the hands of Heracles, thinking she had betrayed him. |
 | | Heracles in retribution killed Laomedon and his sons, but spared, at the request of Hesione, Podarces the youngest son, who later became known as Priam which means "bought or ransomed" because Heracles exchanged him for a beautiful veil, which Hesione had embroidered with gold. |
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