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Queen of the Amazons

In Greek mythology, Hippolyta, or Hippolyte, was a daughter of Ares and Otrera, queen of the Amazons, and a sister of Antiope and Melanippe. She wore her father Ares' zoster, the Greek word found in the Iliad and elsewhere meaning "war belt". Some English translations prefer "girdle."

 

Some say she got knocked up on a blind date, but she told everyone that she made her daughter Diana out of clay...Diana would one day become Wonder Woman.

 

These days Hippolyta spends her days on Paradise Island knitting and secretly drinking the sacramental wine.

 

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Uploaded on July 9, 2025
Taken on July 9, 2025