#hippolyte being a daughter of ares and queen

[elodieunderglass]

A Roman-nosed grey hunter named H -

H

HIPPOLYTE

You know how I said I was back on my Sharpe bullshit.

Well it took precisely one comment at a precisely timed commute to tip that balance

Woe daemon au character sketch be upon us

[seewetter]

Mythic Creatures by Culture & Region

Part 4: Greek

Full list & overview here.

This link leads to a website that documents even more Greek creatures than Wikipedia:

Abarimon (the Roman Pliny the Elder, whose source is supposedly a land surveyor of Alexander the Great); Abii, Iliad (and Greeks Ptolemy, Strabo) describes this people as hailing from Scythia; Achilleus, son of Zeus and Lamia; Achlys, Homeric, on Heracles shield, "dark fog"; Acmon (Dactyl) a dactyl in Dionysus campaign in India; Aegipan; Aerico, disease spirit; Aeternae, horned beats fought in India by Alexander the Great's men; Agathodaemon, household god, later snake form; woman's name for Amazons, Nereids, regular Greek women: Agave; Alastor see Goetia, also a name for Zeus (Zeus Alastor) & horse of Hades, as well as Greek heroes; Alcibie Amazon in the Trojan war; Alcippe: (1) Amazon killed by Heracles. (2) Daughter of Ares. (3) Daughter of Poseidon. (4) Mother of Daedalos. (5) Daughter of the gigant Alcyoneus (father slain by Heracles). (6) An attendant of Helen of Troy. (7) A princess of Elis, the kingdom in northwestern Peloppones. ; Alcyoneus a gigant; Alke (1) Amazon (2) granddaughter of Hercules (3) one of Actaion's dogs (4) personification and spirit of battle-courage and strength; Almops a gigant, son of Poseidon and a nymph; Aloadae twins (Otus "insatiate" and Ephialtus "nightmare") who grew nine fingers every month, nine fathoms (1.8m) at age 9, stormed Mt. Olympus to own Artemis and Hera, bound in the Underworld with snakes; Alphito, Plutarch says this is a boogeyman to scare children, perhaps a "corn mother"; Alpos many arms, hair covered in snakes like Medusa; Alseid nymphs of groves and glens (glen = valley with gentle slope), in Homer alseids are "alsea"; Amazons, Amazons (List) (see also Roman and Scythian); Amphisbaena, in Greek myth, Perseus flies over Libya with head of Medusa…blood creates Amphisbaene; Amycus (centaur); Amykos; Ananke, Orphic goddess of fate, partner to Chronos; Anemoi 4 wind gods; Anguiped see Abraxas. Also Roman and Iranian.; Antaeus; Antandre, Amazon; Anthelioi; Anthousai; Antibrote; Antichthones; Antiope (Amazon Queen); Apollo Amazonius the Apollo of the Amazons?; Arae; Areto Amazon; Argus; Arimaspi; Arion; Arktos (centaur); Asbolus (centaur); Aspalis; Asteria (1) minor goddess (2) daughter of Helios and a sea nymph (3) lady who murdered her husband (4) daughter of giant Alcyoneus (5) mother of a child (the seer Idmon) with Apollo (6) mother of a child (a city founder) with Bellerophon (7) Amazon killed by Heracles in defense of Hippolyte's girdle, which Heracles came to steal (8) a maiden saved from being sacrificed to the Minotaur (9) a daughter of Teucer, the half-brother of Trojan villain Ajax (10) a mother to Crisus and Panopeus by Phocus… they are connected to the myths of both Theseus and Agammemnon is somewhat convoluted ways; Astomi Pliny the Elder; Astraeus (1) titan and father of the anemoi (4 winds), (2) chief of satyrs in Dionysus Indian war (3) son of Poseidon who bedded his sister by accident, followed by suicide; Athos gigant, foe of Poseidon; Auloniad; Aura; Azone; Babys (a satyr's brother);

Bacchae; Bacchantes; Baubo; Bebryces; Bonnacon (Roman writer Pliny the Elder); Bremusa Amazon; Cabeiri; Cacodaemon; Cacus; Callicantzaroi; Calliste; Callithyia of Argos; Calydonian Boar; Campe; Cancer; Cattle of Helios; Caucones; Celaeno (1) one of the Pleiades (2) a harpy (3) princess who got with Poseidon (4) princess who got with Apollo (5) daughter of Poseidon who got with Prometheus (6) Amazon killed by Heracles;

Centaur ; Centaurs and Centaur_Early Art and Centaurides; Cerastes; Cerberus; Cercopes; Ceryneian Hind; Ceto; Cetus; Ceuthonymus; Chalkydri; Chalybes; Charybdis; Chimera; Chiron; Chrysanthis; Chrysaor; Chrysopeleia; Cinnamologus; Cissus; Clonie (Amazon); Colossus; Corus; Corybantes; Cretan Bull_minotaur's sire; Creusa; Crinaeae; Crommyonian Sow; Curetes; Cychreides; Cyclops; Cyllarus; Cynocephali;

Daimon; Dactyls; Damasen; Daphnaie; Darrhon; Deianeira; Delphyne; Derimacheia Amazon; Derinoe Amazon; Despoina_Goddess; Dioxippe (1) daughter of Helios and ocean nymph (2) princess who must eternally carry water in the afterlife with her sisters (3) Amazon (4) woman killed by her son Sipylus by accident, married to one of many men called Agenor in Greek myth (5) dog of Actaeon; Doliones; Dragon's Teeth; Drakaina; Dryad; Dysnomia;

Echidna; Eidolon; Elate; Eleionomae; Ellefolk; Empusa; Enceladus; Enorches; Epiales; Epimeliad; Epiphron; Eriboea; Erinyes; Erotes; Erymanthian boar; Euryale (1) gorgon (2) Orion's mother (3) Amazon; Eurybius; Eurymedon; Eurynome; Eurynomos; Eurypyle; Euxantius; Evandre;

Faun, Faunus ; Faunae, Fauni; Fury;

Galatea; Gale; Gargarians; Gello; Gerana Pygmy Queen; Geryon; Gigantes; Glauce (1) nymph who nursed Zeus (2) Pluto's twin sister (3) Ash tree nymph ("Melian nymph") nereid (4) hamadryad (5) Amazon (6) a daughter of Creon killed with him by Medea (7) and others; Gold-digging ant; Gorgon ; Gorgons; Gorgophone; Graeae; Gration; Griffon;

Halizones; Hamadryad; Harpy; Hecatoncheires; Hermaphroditus; Hesperides; Hippalectryon; Hippe; Hippocampus; Hippolyta; Hippopodes; Hircocervus also Roman; Homados; Horae; Hyades; Hybris; Hydra; Hylonome;

Ichthyocentaur; Ichthyophagoi; Ioke; Iphis; Iphito Amazon;

Kallikantzaros; Kallikantzaroi; Kallone; Keres; Khalkotauroi; Koalemos; Kobalos; Kydoimos; Kymopoleia;

Ladon; Laelaps; Laestrygonians; Lamia; Lampades; Lampetia; Lapiths; Leimakid; Leleges; Leuce; Leucippus; Limnad; Limos; Lip (Moerae); Lysippe (1) Amazon (2) one of 50 women who slept with Heracles in a night (3) a bunch of other people;

Macaria; Macelo (Telchine); Tecmessa; Macrobian; Maenad; Manticore; Mares of Diomedes; Marpesia Amazon Queen; Medusa; Meilichios; Melanippe; Meliae; Melinoë; Melisseus; Menippe; Menoetius; Mestra; Mimas (gigantes); Minotaur; Minthe; Minyans; Moera ; Moirai, Moerae; Molpadia; Monopod; Mormo; Moros; Myrina; Myrmekes; Myrmidon ; Myrmidones; Myrto; Mytilene;

Naiad ; Naiads; Neades; Nemean Lion; Nephele; Nereids aka Nereides; Nessus; Nomos; Nose (Moerae); Nuli Megasthenes; Nymph;

Oceanids; Onocentaur; Ophiotaurus; Oreads aka Oreades, Orestiades; Orion; Orithyia Amazon; Orthrus; Otrera Amazon; Ouroborous Ancient Egypt, Greece, Alchemy, Medieval, Norse (and check that book about different forms of the world because it has other snakes encircling the world);

Palioxis; Pallas; Pallas (gigantes); Pan; Pandi; Panotti; Pantariste Amazon; Panther; Pegaeae; Pegasus; Peleiades; Penthesilea; Persephone; Phaethusa; Philotes; Phobetor; Phoebe; Phoenix; Pholus; Phorcys; Phthisis; Picolous; Pleiades; Polemos; Polemusa Amazon; Polybotes (gigantes); Polydora; Potamides; Proioxis; Pronomus; Propoetides; Proteus; Protoplast; Psychai; Psychopomp; Pygmies; Python;

Remora;

Salamander; Satyr but not Satyress; Sciritae; Scitalis; Scylla; Semystra; Seps; Shade; Silenus; Sinoe; Siproeta; Siren; Sithon; Smilax; Soter; Soteria; Sphinx; Stheno and Euryale; Strix; Stymphalian birds; Sybaris;

Talos; Tarand; Taraxippus; Telchines; Teleboans; Telemus; Teumessian fox; Thalestris Amazon ("And where was I, then?"); Theomachy; Thermodosa; Thiasos; Thiasus; Thoe; Thrasos; Thriae; Titania; Titanis; Titans; Tityos; Triteia; Triton; Tritopatores; Troglodytae; Trojan Leaders; Trojan War characters; Typhon;

Unicorn (check the wiki page for the Greek authors);

Vrykolakas (also Slavic);

Werehyena; Werewolf; Wild Man, Wild Woman ; Wild Men, Wild Women (continuity between satyr myths and wild man myths);

Xanthippe; Xanthus;

Zelus

allegedly Greek

Aegea listed in the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica as an Amazon Queen; Demogorgon; Ipotane first attested with John de Mandeville; Odontotyrannus

Minoan

Minoan Genius; Minotaur allegedly Minoan

[docgold13]

365 DC Comics Paper Cut-Out SuperHeroes - One Hero, Every Day, All Year…

February 3rd - Nubia 

The Amazonian heroine known as Nubia is Wonder Woman’s sister, created from the same mystical clay used to create Diana; with both being brought to life via the breath of the goddess Aphrodite. Nubia was stolen as an infant by the evil war-god Ares who raised her as though she were his own daughter. Nubia grew into a fierce warrior kept under the war god’s thrall by way of a special ring that clouded her mind. She clashed with Wonder Woman on a number of occasions, each unaware that they were one another’s sister. In their final confrontation, Wonder Woman was able to remove the ring from Nubia’s finger thus releasing her from Ares’ influence. Freed from Ares, Nubia chose to defy war god and led her forces in the ways of peace. And soon thereafter Queen Hippolyte revealed that Nubia and Diana were indeed sisters. In the post ReBirth era, Nubia’s origins have been changed and she has been reimagined as an Amazonian warrior chosen by the gods to guard the entryway to the fabled River Styx. Nubia first appeared in the pages of Wonder Woman #204 (1973).

[scarletarosa]

Ares

Greek god of war, battle-lust, violence, courage, and rage

Ares (Roman: Mars) is the son of Zeus and Hera, the King and Queen of Olympus. As the god of war, Ares represents its chaos and bloodshed, whereas Athena represents strategy and necessary wars only. Ares loves war for its own sake, and delights in the din and roar of battles, in the slaughter of men, and the destruction of towns. The destructive hand of this god was even believed to be active in the ravages made by plagues and epidemics. Due to his wrath, Ares was said to be hated by many of the other deities and was not much worshipped in Greece. Yet his Roman counterpart, Mars, was perhaps the Romans’ most beloved deity due to their focus on strength and conquest.

In ancient Greek art, he was depicted as either a mature, bearded warrior armed for battle, or as a nude, beardless youth with a helm and spear.

Myths: One myth describes Hallirhothios, an Athenian youth who rapes the daughter of Ares, Alkippe. Enraged, Ares goes after Hallirhothios and slaughters him. After this act, Ares is summoned to the court of the gods in Athens by Poseidon, but is acquitted since his action was just. Ever since, this place was named Areiopagos (Hill of Ares) in his honour. Another myth tells of the Amazon women, who Ares had fathered. He trained them in the arts of war and brought them up to be fearless warriors who lived in the outer-limits of the world. These fierce women were all led by queen Hippolyte, another Amazon, and they only allowed women to be among them, with all male infants being put to death.

In what is perhaps the most famous myth of Ares is the story of him and Aphrodite. The goddess of love and beauty had been reluctantly arranged to marry Hephaestus, the blacksmith god, since Zeus did not want anyone arguing over her. Yet not only was Aphrodite not attracted to Hephaestus, but she desired lovers rather than marriage. She was soon seduced by Ares and as they were love-making, the Sun god Helios saw them and left to go tell Hephaistos. Angry and bitter, Hephaistos crafted a chained net and captured the two lovers up inside it and all the Olympian gods came to see, some laughing at the sight. When Hephaistos was content with this revenge and decided he no longer wished to keep Aphrodite as his wife, he released them and they both quickly departed. The two deities are known to have had several children together, including Eros (infatuation/romance), Anteros, Phobos (terror), Deimos (fear), and Harmonia (harmony).

An additional myth which is based off of the Phoenician story of Ashtart (Astarte) and Adon, is Aphrodite and Adonis. This myth tells of how Aphrodite fell in love with the handsome youth named Adonis, whom she had helped raise as an infant. She bore him a daughter and was full of joy, but was keeping wary since she knew Ares would become furiously jealous. Ares one day took the form of a wild boar and gorged Adonis while he was hunting, causing him to die in Aphrodite’s arms as she wept. His blood mingled with her tears and became the anemone flower.

Appearance: A tall, muscular Greek warrior with tanned skin, dark brown eyes, and has short curled black hair. His demeaner is usually stern and he speaks in a deep voice.

Personality: Ares is pretty much always serious, and when calm, he basically feels like a dormant volcano. He is easily angered and does not hesitate to take vengeance when wronged. He is a god who primarily lives for the rush of battle and revels in powerful shows of strength. Although Ares can also help in teaching people how to develop personal strength, how to overcome oppressors and abusers, and how to overcome inner-struggles. Ares also is quite straightforward and blunt, whether it be to his enemies or when advising others. He teaches that in this world, you either have to learn how to be a warrior or you will be crushed by difficult situations or by those who oppose you. Confidence, resilience, courage, and assertiveness are all things he strongly values and teaches to those who seek strength. As for those who do harm to us, he says that we must stop being so forgiving as this is usually a dangerous and foolish mistake that will lead to even greater problems. Instead, our enemies must be defeated and put in their place, as this is the only way we can achieve any change towards the better. 

| Symbolism of Ares |

Weapons 

Armour

Shields

Chariots

Flaming torches

Rams

Venomous snakes

Large dogs

Vultures

Barn owls 

Eagle Owls

Woodpeckers

Boars

| Some of his epithets |

Adámastos (Indestructible) 

Álkimos (Valiant)

Ánax (Lord; King)

Oplophóros (He who bears arms)

Phriktós (The Horrifying)

Polæmóklonos (He who raises the clamour of combat)

Teikhæsiplítis (He who storms the cities)

Vrotoktónos (The Slayer of Men)

Offerings: red wine, red meat, poultry, hare, venison, wolf hearts, chili peppers, lemons, green bananas, unripe peaches, any weapons, clubs, batons, bullets, kendo swords, shields, military helmets, bullet-proof vests, military boots, military belts, dynamite sticks, grenades, lion pelts, shark teeth, ram skulls, obsidian, red scoria, rubies, smoky quartz, red jasper, carnelian, iron, steel, burning wood (especially if Himalayan salt in thrown in since it reminds him of blood), and red sandalwood incense

*please only offer explosives if you know how to handle them

[cephalog0d]

Phobos has to roll a 15 or better to Fear me, which isn't super high, but with my luck this is the one time I'll roll 20, soooo I think it's Hero Points time. I've still got some left and we're so close to the finale and I would hate to stumble at the finish line!

SUCK IT, that's an 11, eat shit, Fear God!

Resist Phobos (you're goddamn right I did) Waves of fear wash over you like a turbulent sea, dragging you deeper and deeper into oblivion. With the last vestiges of resistance, you choke back the burning sensation of fear and fly toward Phobos. You realize that the Amazons, although formidable, are not strong enough to overcome the horrible waves of terror which emanate from the God of Fear. "For the Glory of Gaea!" you cry, hurtling at breakneck speed toward Phobos.

AND NOW WE FIGHT.

Which. Doesn't actually take that long. Diana has 20 Dex versus his 12, and I rolled high enough to get 2 column shifts out of my results, which means with his Str vs Diana's Str he just got absolutely flattened in one hit. So.

OH SPEAKING OF WINNING FIGHTS there's an art of Diana fighting Echidna! I forgot to share that earlier.

Defeat Phobos You forcibly slam into Phobos, sending the hulking god crashing into a twisted stone pillar. He looks dazed as you pummel his barrel chest. "How...how did you find me?" he asks, confused, as you send him crashing over a field of jagged boulders. Phobos strikes you back and beats a cowardly retreat deeper into the cave. You chase after him and knock him back into the front of the cave, where he dashes out the cave door and into the night air. "Sister Discord!" he cries, running. "Sister! Save me!"

Oh good, I know who THAT is.

Again you catch him and knock him to the ground. He looks up into the skies, imploringly, as if seeking his salvation. The heavens do not reply. Other Amazons are running up along the cliffs, drawn by the sounds of battle. Mixed among them you see the ambassadors, who watch as you beat the struggling Phobos. "Why did you do this?" you ask, vehemently. "Revenge against me for killing your brother, Deimos?" Phobos mumbles, dazed, his arms swinging feebly. There is a clattering of hooves as your mother, Queen Hippolyte, and Philipus ride up behind you. "Phobos!" Hippolyte says. "Then he was behind this terror?" "Impossible," Philippus states. "I can't believe he's clever enough to plan a scheme of this magnitude. It rings untrue of his character." "Quite true," Hippolyte continues. "His brother, Deimos, was always the planner. Somehow I feel this scheme is indicative of a being far more cunning an inventive." "Perhaps, mother," you reply. "But Deimos is dead." Phobos' battered head tilts back, his cavernous mouth gaping. "Eris..." he intones. As if in reply, the skies suddenly crack and a great bolt of lightning sears the heavens. Violent winds whip around you, the air fairly aglow with energy. Crackling noises spill over from horizon to horizon and, for a moment, the huge face of a mocking goddess fills the sky. Then another flash of lightning cuts through the cold air and she appears: a huge goddess never before seen, possessed of a face both malicious and mirthful. She is dressed as a gladiator, entirely in black, her armor bearing a frightening similarity to Ares' own. Emblazoned on her sheild is the amulet symbol which has recently appeared on Themyscira. "Eris...?" you say. "Quite right, little sister!" the goddess intones, her voice cold and smooth. "Eric, daughter of Ares, goddess of Discord, Confusion, and Strife! And what delightful DIscord this is!" she adds, surveying Phobos' limp body. "You let me beat Phobos!" you say accusingly. "You could have intervened and saved him!" "Of course!" Eris says with a devilish smile. "i would never interrupt so splendid a conflict. I thrive on all Discord, not merely that in which I am directly involved!" Eris leans her head back and laughs a chilling howl; the hills surrounding Themyscira shake with dreadful echoes.

The winner of my poll for which solo module I should play through was Strangers in Paradise with Wonder Woman, so here we go!!

I have reread how the dice and matrices work and located my handy dandy spinner wheel of slightly easier action calculations from the 2nd edition game. For dice we're using one of my glow in the dark metal gold and red ones my friend gave me and one of my liquid core Discowing ones (because they're glittery and beautiful and I don't get to use them much anymore since I'm done with that character).

Here's Diana's character sheet!

AND WE BEGIN. (Note: I'm transcribing the book exactly, so if there's weird grammar and formatting that's on them.)

Boston Arena "Ladies and Gentlemen, visiting ambassadors, honored guests. It is with great pride that I introduce our main speaker this afternoon. She is one of those very special persons who truly needs no introduction but I'll do my best. "She's a woman who comes from a very special nation on this planet and she comes bearing a message that is vitally important today: the message that peace and equality are achievable for our peoples." The emcee's words float back to you through the cool darkness which engulfs the main stage of this magnificent arena. You stand poised and ready, wearing the mantle of the fabled warrior Diana Trevor, which is known to the world as your Wonder Woman costume. Your regal blue cloak flows casually behind you, whim to the gentle summer breeze. You calmly peer at the audience through the glare of the arena's lights while waiting for your entrance cue. So many eyes seek you out, full of great expectations. TV cameras glide gracefully along automated tracks; with a speed rivaling great Hermes' own, your electronic image is sped throughout this brave new world. Fascinating and frightening, these creations of Man's World. "It is my great pleasure to present...Princess Diana of Themyscira!" A roar of approval rises from the crowd, unrestrained in its cheering and applause. For just a moment, you hesitate, a brief tremor of stage fright passing through you. And then you have no more time for such petty, mortal concerns. You step forward, your feet effortlessly leaving the ground, and soar into the air above the vast arena. You hurtle past the stage and swiftly fly above the jubilant crowd. Approval surges from the crowd below and with it all your fears evaporate into mist. You swoop in a tight arc, reveling in the pure sensation of flying and the joy of the crowd's unbridled appreciation. The sky is yours and, for a brief, magical moment, there is no strife and no conflict; all that exists is you and your audience, united by a bond of mutual acceptance. You revel in the glorious attention while also feeling a twinge of remorse. Although you love bringing joy to the people of this world, a sadness tempers your bliss that such theatrics are necessary to make your message heard. Again you force the doubts from your mind, concentrating instead on the task at hand. Many in this audience came to hear your message but all came to marvel at your powers. [If they want a show, they'll get a show], you think craftily. You rise up high into the air and swoop rapidly down, preparing to execute a plummeting aerial roll.

ROLLING TIME to see how this aerial maneuver goes, come on dice, don't fail me now.

[thedcdunce]

Queen Hippolyta

“Whatever fates we are to meet, we shall face them together, as sisters and Amazons!” - Queen Hippolyta

Real Name: Hippolyta

Aliases:

Wonder Woman

Hippolyte

Shim'Tar

Gender: Female

Height: 5′ 9″

Weight: 150 lbs (68 kg)

Eyes: Blue

Hair: Black

Race: Demigod

Powers:

Amazonian Physiology

Abilities:

Amazonian training

Gift of Athena

Equipment:

Invisible Plane

Amazonian Weapons

Universe: New Earth

Citizenship: Amazon

Base of Operations: Themyscira

Parents: Ares; father

Marital Status: Single

Occupation: Queen

First Appearance: Wonder Woman Vol 2 #1 (February, 1987)

Last Appearance: Wonder Woman #614 (October, 2011)

Powers

Amazonian Physiology: The Amazons are a race of warrior women that have received gifts and blessings from five Olympian goddesses: Artemis, Athena, Demeter, Hestia and Aphrodite. Hippolyta possesses the same potential powers as an average Amazon. These include:

Enhanced Intellect: A gift from Athena, the Amazons have the wisdom to be guided by peace and justice.

Superhuman Strength

Superhuman Durability

Superhuman Stamina

Superhuman Agility

Immortality: The Amazons were gifted immortality. The people of Themyscira lived forever, though could be killed in war or in an accident. Those who followed Antiope and Phthia and became the Bana-Mighdall lost their immortality.

Self-Sustenance: So long as Hippolyta stays on Themyscira, she does not require food, water or any other form of nourishment to maintain her health and vitality. Although they are not susceptible to the throes of hunger, this does not mean that Amazons don't consume food for enjoyment. The Amazons frequently hold great festivals whereupon food is served.

Abilities

Amazonian training: The Amazons honed their skills in many fields, aided by the gifts from Athena and Artemis.

Archery

Equestrianism

Hand-to-Hand Combat (Advanced)

Swordsmanship

Gift of Athena: Athena declared Hippolyta the ruler of the Amazons, and granted her additional insights:

Diplomacy: Queen Hippolyta is practiced at conducting negotiations between representatives of groups or states. She has often been called upon to use these skills at times of war.

Leadership: Queen Hippolyta was a born leader and strategist and is excellent in the arts of persuasion and diplomacy.

Equipment

Invisible Plane: As Wonder Woman, Hippolyta had access to the Invisible Jet. She has since given the disk to her daughter.

Amazonian Weapons

Origins

Hippolyta's history begins tens of thousands of years ago. In ancient times, there was a caveman who--embittered over being maimed by a tiger and driven from his tribe--encountered a woman in a cave and brutally murdered her after she offered him some compassion: the first woman murdered by a man's hatred.

Thousands of years later, the Greek pantheon held a meeting around 1,300 B.C., convened by the goddesses. They desired to create a race of humans that would champion their ideals. Zeus, in his arrogance, decreed that mankind would never forget the gods, and that it did not matter if there were champions or not. Ares, being the god of war, did not desire anyone promoting peace. The other male gods did not seem interested, and Hera did not wish to go against her husband. Therefore, it fell to the other five primary Greek goddesses. Traveling into the Underworld, the goddess came to the Well of Souls, the place where the souls of all the women murdered by mans hatred were gathered. They drew forth these souls, dropping them like great tears into a lake in Greece--all save one, a very special soul. The souls mixed with the clay and stone of the lake bed to form the Amazons, women reborn. The first to emerge from the waters was Hippolyta--the second would be her sister, Antiope. The goddesses made themselves known to the Amazons, appointing Hippolyta and Antiope to be the two queens of them. They decreed that the Amazons were to spread the message of Gaea: a message of peace, tolerance, and equality. As a symbol of their devotion, Hippolyta and Antiope were each given a Golden Girdle.

Hippolyta and Antiope lead the Amazons for years, creating a great city called Themyscira. It's unclear if the Amazons aged at first, or how much time elapsed, but it seems from the evidence that perhaps twenty years go by, as Antiope has a daughter, Pythia. Their efforts to spread peace and equality were frustrated, however, as few men trusted them. As the years went by, more and more they remained isolated in their city. Their numbers increased by freeing women from slavery.

Doom would come to the city in the form of Heracles, the Son of Zeus. In the midst of his Twelve Labors, still suffering from Hera's madness upon him, Heracles and his friend Theseus came to the Amazons. One of Heracles's Labors was to retrieve the Girdle of Hippolyta. Arriving at the Amazon city with an army behind them, Heracles demanded Hippolyta surrender the Girdle. Hippolyta refused, marching out of the city and offering to fight Heracles for it. Heracles was defeated by the Amazon Queen, and the humbled demi-god offered peace and to unite with the Amazons in an alliance. The Amazons let Heracles and his men into the city, and a night of revelry ensued. Antiope fell helplessly in love with Theseus, and Hippolyta fell for Heracles pretty hard--too hard. In his madness, Heracles drugged Hippolyta, raping and assaulting her in her slumber. And when she awoke she was in chains. Heracles' army bound, beat, and raped the Amazons, tearing down their city and stealing their treasures. Heracles left the city with Hippolyta's girdle and some of his men, leaving the majority behind to guard the Amazons. Theseus was gone as well, although it's not clear if he participated in the raping and pillaging or if he left beforehand.

After a vision of one of the goddesses let her find her strength, Hippolyta broke out of her cell and set to work freeing her sisters. More and more Amazons were freed, and a running battle began all over the city. Hippolyta watched as many of her sisters succumbed to bloodlust, enjoying the bloody slaughter of the men. They fought until all the men lie dead. Afterwards, Antiope was still enraged--she insisted that they march on Athens itself, killing all in their path until they reached Athens where they could take back the Girdle from Heracles' dead hand.

But Hippolyta said no--she said that such a path of bloody revenge was not the Amazon way, and that to go down that way would lead only to destruction. Antiope could not be strayed--feeling betrayed by not only her lover but by her gods, she cast her Girdle at Hippolyta's feet, declaring that henceforth she asked nothing of Olympus. Half the Amazons left with her--the other half stayed with Hippolyta. It was the last time the sisters would ever see each other.

In the midst of the ruins, the goddesses now appeared again. They were displeased with the Amazons, declaring that they had failed in their sacred mission--now the very name "Amazon" would be associated with death and destruction, not peace and equality. The Amazons must have a penance. They were each given a pair of steel "bracelets" to wear at all times, forever a reminder of their capture and humiliation. Then their bodies and souls were purified, and they began their journey. Poseidon himself parted the sea, and the Amazons walked along the bottom until they came to an island that the gods had removed from the circles of the world--Paradise Island. There they built the new city-state of Themyscira, and were to be the guardians of a great evil that lay beneath the Island. As long as they remained on the island, they would be immortal--though they could be killed, and some were over the many long years and the many battles they had to fight against the evil that would try to escape. For over 3,000 years, here they remained, with Hippolyta their queen all that time.

From time to time, there would be a visitor who breached the mists that shielded the island. One of these would be Diana Trevor, a woman who crash landed her small plane on the shores of the island some time after World War II. Diana Tevor arrived while the Amazons were in the midst of a battle with the evil from the Pits beneath the island, and she valiantly fought at their side. She fired the crucial shot from her firearm that won the battle, although she lost her life in the process.

Not long after Diana Trevor came to the island, Hippolyta began to feel a deep yearning she could not explain. The Oracle of the Island had the answer--Hippolyta was the reincarnation of the first woman who had been murdered, and that woman was pregnant with a daughter. The longing Hippolyta felt was for her unborn child. The Oracle told her that the goddesses would grant her longing. Hippolyta went to the beach, and molded a baby from the sand and clay of the island. Then five goddesses and one god went back into the Underworld, drawing out the last soul that remained in the Well and giving it incredible powers. The soul was merged with the clay and became flesh. Hippolyta had her daughter, and named her in honor of Diana Trevor--Diana, Princess of the Amazons.

Diana grew up with one mother and thousands of sisters--but no children her own age. When she was young, the sorceress Magala used her magic to create a magical copy of Diana to be her playmate. Unfortunately, one of Hippolyta's enemies, Dark Angel, came to the island planning to kidnap Diana. She found the copy instead, and thinking that was Diana, she kidnapped her instead. That child was Donna Troy. After Donna's disappearance, Hippolyta became more protective of her daughter, often coming to check on her at random, even after Diana had fully grown up.

After Diana turned twenty-two, the Oracle of the Island came to Hippolyta with a new message. The gods demanded that the Amazons send a champion to what the Amazons' called "Man's World". Hippolyta called for a contest to determine who would go, but she forbid Diana from competing. Diana did it anyway, and no one knew until the Contest was over, as all the contestants were required to wear masks during the tests. Hippolyta could not deny Diana's place, and so after passing one final test, Diana was given a costume.

The NEW Golden Age Wonder Woman

The Crisis on Infinite Earths leaves many problems for the resulting survivors of the singular earth. Even the Amazons are not protected as Donna Troy, Wonder Woman's younger sister, has been erased from history but still exists in the reformatted new Earth. Wally West and Wonder Woman confront the woman who they know but no one else does and begin a quest to restore the Donna Troy they knew. Confronting Hippolyta on the events of Donna, Hippolyta reveals Donna's true origin as a mystically created twin playmate for Princess Diana. The alternate warped version of Troy known as Dark Angel abducted Donna thinking her to be the original Diana and cursed her to live multiple tragic lives, one of which was as Donna Troy.

Hippolyta, along with Jay Garrick, travels back into the past to stabilize the current reality of Troy as Wonder Girl and correct some of the problems of the time stream caused by Dark Angel's presence in the past. It was during this time that Hippolyta becomes the Golden Age Wonder Woman native to the new reality and joins the Justice Society of America during the team's original days. Hippolyta, as the "new" Golden Age Wonder Woman, along with the Justice Society, defeats Dark Angel. Hippolyta remains there until approximately 1950 when she returns to the present with the help of a Jay Garrick from the future.

Dethronement and Death

Upon Hippolyta's return to the present time, she had found her time away from the Amazon and her royal duties had allowed a break to happen between the Amazon groups. While many outsiders had thought of the Amazons as one singular group of women, the truth of the Amazonian society did have individual groups. One of those groups, the Bana Mighdall Amazons, felt that Hippolyta had given up her right to rule by willingly abandon her throne to fight in Man's world, even though she was originally forced into the role by the Olympian gods. Even her direct Themyscira Amazons couldn't justify her continuing neglect of her royal duties as the Queen of the Amazons for the length of time that Hippolyta had remained away from the Amazons and began to turn away from her. Seeing that she was losing support and her own desire for battle increasing, Hippolyta relinquished her throne and went back into the outside to fight alongside her daughter as a second Wonder Woman, after suggesting that Diana and her saved sister, Donna Troy, rule over the Amazons. Hippolyta's two daughters refused to rule and the various factions were not able to choose and successor satisfactory to all the groups. Ultimately the Amazons decided to abolish the Amazon monarchy system for individual self-rule.

Finding her place as an active warrior and part-time member of the reformed Justice Society, Hippolyta carried on as the "other" Wonder Woman until the "Worlds at War" happened. During one of the cosmic invader Imperiex's attempts to destroy Earth, the Amazons became involved in the planet's defense. Hippolyta fought against an Imperiex probe and was barely able to stop it by herself. When Diana arrived at the battle scene she rescued her mother and ordered the weaker Wonder Woman to leave. But Hippolyta remained defiant despite her weaker power and safeguarded her daughter by throwing Diana out of the way when the Imperiex probe threaten to destroy Diana and all around them. The probe exploded killing only Hippolyta.

One Year Later revival

Hippolyta is brought back to life by the immortal witch Circe who shows the revived Hippolyta that the USA has kidnapped her daughter Diana and was being tortured until she gave over the plans on how the U.S. government could create their own Purple Ray to be used as a weapon. Enraged by Circe's vision and accepting them as real, Hippolyta declared control over all of the Amazons to rescue Diana and attain vengeance on the outside world she had once cherished. Confronting her daughter who had gone underground, Hippolyta decided to continue the battle regardless and slaughtered many males, even unarmed boys. Finding her actions completely out of character for the former Wonder Woman, Diana and Donna Troy discovered that Circe had revived Hippolyta as an extension of herself by placing a portion of her own soul into Hippolyta.

As Hippolyta's persona was modified to now be a composite of her former self and that of Circe, the revived Hippolyta was far more destructive than ever before even to the point that she defended Circe against her daughters. It is not until Circe was rendered impotent temporarily, and the magical influence over Hippolyta's mind is removed does Hippolyta regain her more calm center and end the Amazonian war. Athena makes herself known to Hippolyta and the Amazons and decides to punish them all for their part in the war by removing all the Amazons' powers and memories and scattering them across the Earth to live out their shortened lives as human women.

Hippolyta also stripped of her powers but restored to immortality for an unending punishment is forced to rule over an empty Paradise Island except for four bound Amazons who unless all forgive her will never be able to reclaim their memory and powers. Currently, Hippolyta spends her days seeking their redemption in the hopes of rebuilding Paradise Island and returning the Amazons to their previous status. It has been revealed that the current Athena is in reality Granny Goodness who has succeeded the original Athena after the fall of the New Gods.

Fun Facts

This character is an adaptation of Hippolyta, a character in traditional stories. These include, but may not be limited to religious texts, myth, and/or folk lore.

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‘Wonder Woman’: 10 Big Differences Between the Movie and DC’s Comic Books

Wonder Woman (Photo: Warner Bros.)

She might be the most famous female superhero ever, but we forgive you for not having Wonder Woman’s origin story straight. During 75 years of world-saving, her official biography has had a few nips here, a few tucks there. The long-awaited Wonder Woman film offers yet another version of the Amazon’s genesis, cherry-picking from her various comic backstories and tossing in some new details for good measure. Yahoo Movies has sorted through the stacks to present a rundown of the 10 biggest ways the movie differs from the classic DC Comics.

Wonder Woman’s ‘birth’

From her earliest days in All-Star Comics, the story of Diana’s “birth” was largely unchanged: Hippolyte (the spelling was later changed to Hippolyta), queen of the Amazons, sculpted a child out of the clay soil of Paradise Island. The goddesses of Olympus (with an assist from Hermes) each bequeathed a powerful gift to the child and then willed her into existence.

The birth of Diana, as originally conceived by William Moulton Marston in 1941. (Credit: DC Comics)

When DC rebooted its entire line in 2011, Diana’s provenance was changed. In the “New 52” continuity, the child is the biological daughter of Zeus and Hippolyta and imbued with all the powers of a demigod, including super strength, speed, and the ability to fly. In this version, Diana grew up believing she was created from clay, but this turns out to be a cover story that Hippolyta concocted to hide the truth.

The film adheres more closely to the latter version, with a few deviations. We learn that Diana is indeed the biological child of Zeus and Hippolyta, and that Hippolyta keeps the information from her daughter to protect her from Ares. Ares has been systematically destroying the gods of Olympus, and Hippolyta knows that if he discovers Diana, he will try to kill her next. That explains why during the film (and as featured in the trailers), Diana (Gal Gadot) tells Steve Trevor (Chris Pine), “I have no father; I was brought to life by Zeus.”

Paradise Island

The Amazons have traditionally hidden from “Man’s World” on a remote isle. For the first four-plus decades of her comic career, including the classic Lynda Carter TV show, the place was known simply as Paradise Island. In 1986, artist-writer George Pérez led a major revamp of the comic. In his seminal series, the Amazons lived in the city-state of Themyscira (as they do in Greek myth) until it was sacked by the army of Heracles. They resettle on Paradise Island, which they eventually rename in honor of their former homeland.

Paradise Island as depicted in All-Star Comics (Credit: DC Comics)

The movie sticks with Themyscira as the name for the island, although Steve Trevor pays tribute to the original moniker by jokingly referring to the locale as “Paradise Island.” In both the comics and the film, the island is obscured from the outside world through the actions of the gods: In the comics, it’s typically Athena’s handiwork; in the film, it’s Zeus’s.

Themyscira in Wonder Woman. (Photo: Warner Bros.)

Diana’s training

In the comics, the gods alert the Amazons to an encroaching threat from Man’s World; Hippolyta calls for a contest of skill to determine the greatest warrior, who will be sent off to thwart the menace. Despite being forbidden by her mother from competing, a disguised Diana handily bests her sisters in various events — including jousting atop the island’s indigenous Kangas (Diana’s giant kangaroo is named Jumpa). Ultimately, Diana prevails (usually after one last contest to deflect bullets) and is reluctantly named champion by her mother.

Diana and her faithful mount, Jumpa the Kanga. (Credit: DC Comics)

The film, however, does away with the Amazon Olympics. Instead, Diana secretly trains with her aunt Antiope (Robin Wright), with whom she begins to harness her godlike abilities so that she will be ready to save the world when duty calls.

Diana (Gal Gadot) discovers her demigod powers. (Photo: Warner Bros.)

The outside threat

As noted above, in most of the comic iterations, the Amazons must find a champion to help stem an existential threat from the outside world. Up until the ’80s, Wonder Woman was pressed into service against Nazi Germany. Pérez’s version, set during the Cold War, changed it to the nuclear threat presented by the Soviet Union. The film, meanwhile, is set in 1918, during the waning days of World War I.

The filmmakers have cited multiple reasons for the switch: Producer Charles Roven says in the film’s production notes that the change had to do with “juxtaposing this commanding female character who hails from a race of equally strong independent women with the early days of the suffragette movement.” Screenwriter Allan Heinberg offered a different take to Entertainment Weekly. “We are in a very WWI world today with nationalism and how it would take very little to start a global conflict,” he said, adding, “It’s the first time we had an automated war. … New horrors were unleashed every day.”

But perhaps there’s a less esoteric explanation — say, DC wanted to differentiate Wonder Woman from a certain other star-spangled septuagenarian superhero who spent the bulk of his origin film dispatching Nazis (a film that also happened to star a blond, motorcycle-riding leading man named Chris).

Her costume

Wonder Woman’s original 1941 costume featured the iconic red breastplate with golden eagle symbol, a star-covered blue skirt, red boots, a golden tiara, and bullet-deflecting bracelets (all Amazons wore bracelets as symbols of their service to Aphrodite and as a reminder of their time spent in bondage at the hands of Heracles).

Wonder Woman on the cover of the January 1942 issue of Sensation Comics. (Credit: DC Comics)

Other notable accessories included her Lasso of Truth, sword, and shield. Over time, the costume (d)evolved — the skirt became short shorts and then pants; the eagle was redrawn as a “WW”; sometimes she had a red cape, sometimes she had a jacket, and sometimes she ditched the whole getup for an all-white ensemble.

Though more subdued in tone, Wonder Woman’s cinematic costume is pretty close to the iconic look from the comics, minus the stars on the skirt.

Wonder Woman races from the trenches across no-man’s land. (Photo: Warner Bros.)

The invisible jet?

Beginning with her initial appearance in All-Star Comics No. 8, Wonder Woman has used an invisible plane to get around. But when her character’s powers were revamped in the 1980s, she was given the power of flight, eliminating the need for her one-woman air force. While director Patty Jenkins told Yahoo Movies that she’d love for the invisible jet to make an appearance onscreen in the future, the DC Extended Universe version of Wonder Woman follows the latter-day comic playbook, meaning Wonder Woman can fly.

Her favorite humans

Wonder Woman’s two BFFs dating back to her All-Star Comics debut are Steve Trevor and Etta Candy. Diana’s longtime love interest from the very first issue, Trevor is the U.S. military intelligence officer whose crash off the coast of Paradise Island sets in motion Wonder Woman’s emergence as a superhero. Though his role has changed over the past seven decades, he is often depicted as a dude in distress, requiring Wonder Woman to rescue him.

Wonder Woman saves Steve Trevor… again (Credit: DC Comics)

Etta Candy, meanwhile, has been Diana’s sidekick from the All-Star Comics days, known for her notorious sweet tooth and boundless good humor.

Etta Candy in an early comics appearance. (Credit: DC Comics)

With the 1980s redo of Wonder Woman, Steve wound up falling for Etta Candy, who was at the time serving as his junior officer. They would later get married.

In the film, Steve Trevor is a U.S. military agent assisting the British, and his crash off the coast of Paradise Island indeed sets the plot in motion. However, as Pine told Yahoo Movies months ago, his Trevor is a hero in his own right and definitely not the dude in distress.

Etta Candy (Lucy Davis) is introduced to Diana by Steve Trevor (Chris Pine) in Wonder Woman. (Photo: Warner Bros.)

Lucy Davis plays Etta Candy in the film, serving as Steve’s British attaché. The film character is played for laughs, especially as she helps Diana adapt to life in London, but the celluloid Etta does manage her own hero moment.

Ares

Although introduced as Ares in Wonder Woman No. 1 in 1942, the Greek god of war was quickly renamed with his Roman appellation, Mars, for the next 40 years. He clashed frequently with Wonder Woman and fought against the Allies in World War II, often striking from his outer-space headquarters on, yes, Mars.

Retro Wonder Woman versus Ares/Mars. (Credit: DC Comics)

While his original getup included orange Greco-Roman armor, Ares got a major upgrade in the costume with Pérez’s 1980s revamp of Wonder Woman, where the war god drew power from the U.S.-Soviet conflict and tried to start World War III.

The film bases its Ares on the 1980s version. (Credit: DC Comics)

The big bad in the film, Ares has found his might boosted by the Great War. He has decimated Olympus and is hunting for Zeus’s lost daughter Diana, while also planning to maximize destruction on the battlefield. As in the comics, the movie version of Ares can possess and control mortals, and his appearance takes a cue from the 1980s.

Doctor Poison

The alter ego of Princess Maru, Doctor Poison was a 1940s Wonder Woman villain who concocted toxins first for the Nazis and later for the Japanese during World War II. A more recent incarnation, Marina Maru, was initially a granddaughter who assumed the Doctor Poison mantle. Subsequent versions of Marina Maru have been Russian and Japanese, but all are known for wearing hooded disguises, dreaming up deadly chemical weapons, and constantly being thwarted by Wonder Woman.

Doctor Poison, aka Marina Maru. (Credit: DC Comics)

In Wonder Woman, Doctor Poison is the alter ego of Isabel Maru (Elena Anaya), the mad scientist in league with General Ludendorff (Danny Huston). She wears a mask to cover her face, which has been disfigured from experiments gone awry. 

Elena Anaya as Isabel Maru/Doctor Poison in Wonder Woman. (Photo: Warner Bros.)

Diana Prince

Originally, there was a separate character — a nurse — named Diana Prince, who had a striking resemblance to Wonder Woman. Upon encountering Ms. Prince — who happened to be in love with a man in South America — Amazon Diana realized her good fortune (which she attributed to the godly intervention) and assumed the woman’s identity, allowing her to go off with her boyfriend and giving Wonder Woman a plausible civilian guise.

Wonder Woman meets Diana Prince. (Credit: DC Comics)

The film, following the lead of later DC reboots, streamlines everything, doing away with the separate character and making Diana Prince a straightforward alter ego, like Clark Kent — complete with glasses, natch.

Steve Trevor offers Diana glasses to help disguise her. (Photo: Warner Bros.)

Watch: The Wonder Woman Cast Reveals How the Invisible Jet, Jumpa Would Work in Sequel

Read more from Yahoo Movies: 

Why Women Really Want to Love ‘Wonder Woman’

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I’m Ordering Off eBay From Now On

When I initially heard the 9th task, I was like heck yeah! This is so easy! But it turns out that I misheard Eury, and that he didn’t want me to order him a belt off Amazon.com. Oh no, he wanted Hippolyte, queen of the Amazons (who are a group of super scary warrior ladies) belt. She had been given it by Ares who thought she was a super great fighter, and used it to carry her weapons. I’m going to be honest with you guys, I’m a super amazing fighter, maybe even the best, but even I couldn’t take on the whole Amazon army by myself. So again, I hit up the group chat, and even though the events of last time had left my friends all a little less enthusiastic, they were all still pretty hyped to get a glimpse of the fabled warriors. When we got to Amazonland, the queen came to meet us, and being my charming self, she agreed to lend me her cool belt. Things were going so great, the banter was good, everything was perfect. Hera’s a pretty abusive stepmother though, and seeing that I was having fun, she of course had to change that. Disguised as one of the warriors, she convinced them that I was gonna kill their queen. Which I wasn’t going to of course. Well, I wasn’t until they started charging at me, and yeah, then I killed her, stole the belt, and got the heck out of there. Eury was pretty pleased with the belt, and gave it to his daughter. I’m gonna be honest though, It didn’t suit her, and she should have just gone with a Myers belt, just saying.