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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.
When the new, post-crisis Wonder Woman broke up a riot in Boston, she was interrupted by a woman she thought was her mother (Queen Hippolyta); Hippolyta was the golden-age Wonder Woman via time travel in her continuity. The intruder identified herself as Earth-Two Wonder Woman Diana Prince, who left Mount Olympus in order to guide Diana.
Athena, an Image Comics character, Lily Nalin, and member of Bloodstrike; Athena, an owl character from the Rainbow Butterfly Unicorn Kitty TV series; Athena (The Little Mermaid), Princess Ariel's mother in the Disney franchise; Athena, a Marvel UK character and member of the Warheads; Princess Athena, main character of the 1986 SNK video game ...
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 most incarnations Antiope is depicted as the sister of Wonder Woman's mother, Queen Hippolyta. 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.
The Acropolis at Athens (1846) by Leo von Klenze.Athena's name probably comes from the name of the city of Athens. [4] [5]Athena is associated with the city of Athens. [4] [6] The name of the city in ancient Greek is Ἀθῆναι (Athȇnai), a plural toponym, designating the place where—according to myth—she presided over the Athenai, a sisterhood devoted to her worship. [5]
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 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.