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Meaning & History
Means "she who lets loose the horses" in Greek from the elements λύσις (lysis) "a release, loosening" and ἵππος (hippos) "horse". In Greek myth, this was the name of an Amazon queen who lived not long before the Trojan War. She was originally from north of the Black Sea, but then moved to the modern-day Thermodon Plain. It is said that Aphrodite put a spell on Lysippe's son so that he would fall in love with his mother, but because he couldn't have her, he killed himself. During her grief Lysippe built the Amazon capitol city of Themiscyra and set the laws that the Amazons were known for.