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Queen Hippolyta is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, based on the Amazon queen Hippolyta from Greek mythology.Introduced in 1941 during the Golden Age of Comic Books, she is the queen of the Amazons of Themyscira, the mother of Wonder Woman, and in some continuities, the adopted mother of Donna Troy.
In the Silver Age, Wonder Woman's history received several changes. Her earlier origin, which had significant ties to World War II, was changed and her powers were shown to be the product of the gods' blessings, corresponding to her epithet, "beautiful as Aphrodite, wise as Athena, stronger than Hercules, and swifter than Hermes".
The Earth-Two Wonder Woman's returns in Infinite Crisis #5. Art by Phil Jimenez. When the new, post-crisis Wonder Woman breaks up a riot in Boston, she is interrupted by a woman she thinks is her mother (Queen Hippolyta); Hippolyta is the golden-age Wonder Woman via time travel in her continuity. The intruder identifies herself as Earth-Two ...
In the continuity of DC Comics' 2011 reboot, The New 52, she is also known as Alcippe, and is Hippolyta's mother and the founding leader of the Amazons of Bana-Mighdall, who is worshiped by them as a sacred ancestor. In the 2017 DC Extended Universe live-action feature film Wonder Woman, she was portrayed by Robin Wright.
Wonder Woman #328 (December 1985) Demeter is the Goddess of Agriculture, Harvest, Crops, and Fertility who is based on the goddess of the same name. Post-Crisis, she served as one of Wonder Woman's patron goddesses. In the New 52, she had green skin and resembled a dryad. Dionysus: Wonder Woman (vol. 2) #7 (August 1987)
Wonder Woman Historia: the Amazons begins with seven Greek goddesses-Hestia, Artemis, Demeter, Hecate, Aphrodite, Athena, and Hera-demanding that all mortal men be punished for abusing women, only for their request to be turned down by the womanizing Zeus. Despite the Amazons being her own idea, Hera does not join the other goddesses as they ...
William Moulton Marston drew from the Diana archetype as an allegorical basis for Wonder Woman's proper name, Princess Diana for DC Comics. Most versions of Wonder Woman's origin story state that she is given the name Diana because her mother Hippolyta was inspired by the goddess of the moon that Diana was born under.
In her updated origin, Wonder Woman arrives in the United States with absolutely no knowledge of the English language, having been raised in a society secluded from the rest of the world for some 3,000 years. This differs from all previous Wonder Woman origin stories in which Diana arrives in the United States already fluent in English.