![cover image](https://wikiwandv2-19431.kxcdn.com/_next/image?url=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Marpesia-Marthesia.jpg/640px-Marpesia-Marthesia.jpg&w=640&q=50)
Marpesia
Legendary Queen of the Amazons / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the genus of butterflies, see Marpesia (butterfly).
"Martesia" redirects here. For the genus of bivalves, see Martesia (bivalve).
In ancient Greek and Roman legendary history, Marpesia (Greek: Μαρπησία "Snatcher"; sometimes wrongly spelled Marthesia) was Queen of the Amazons with Lampedo ("burning torch"), her sister, as a co-ruler.[1] They ruled with Hippo ("horse") after the death of Lysippe.[2]
![Thumb image](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Marpesia-Marthesia.jpg/320px-Marpesia-Marthesia.jpg)
Marpesia was one of the rulers who helped establish the Greek city of Ephesus.[3]
In Giovanni Boccaccio’s Famous Women, a chapter is dedicated to Lampedo and Marpesia.[4]