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They were eventually married and she gave birth to a son, Hippolytus, who was named after Antiope's sister.

According to Pausanias, Antiope fell in love with Theseus and betrayed the Amazons of her own free will. In one version, during Heracles' ninth labour, which was to obtain the Girdle of Hippolyta, when he captured the Amazons' capital of Themiscyra, his companion Theseus, king of Athens, abducted Antiope and brought her to his home (or she was captured by Heracles and then given by him to Theseus ).

There are various accounts of the manner in which Theseus became possessed of Antiope, and of her subsequent fortunes. Amazon preparing for a battle, by Pierre-Eugène-Emile Hébert, 1860 (Antiope, Hippolyta or Armed Venus)