ISBN: 9781157844983

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Greco-Roman Mythology in Dc Comics, Greco-Roman Mythology in Marvel Comics, Hippolyta, Hercules, Themyscira, Circe, Ares, Olympian Gods, Fury, the Incredible Hercules, Venus, Titans of Myth, Phobos, Athena, Antiope, Zeus, Pluto, Hades, Warkiller, Vulcan, Children of Ares, Hera, Son of Vulcan, Devastation, Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Greco-Roman Mythology in Dc Comics, Greco-Roman Mythology in Marvel Comics, Hippolyta, Hercules, Themyscira, Circe, Ares, Olympian Gods, Fury, the Incredible Hercules, Venus, Titans of Myth, Phobos, Athena, Antiope, Zeus, Pluto, Hades, Warkiller, Vulcan, Children of Ares, Hera, Son of Vulcan, Devastation, Delphyne Gorgon, Olympians, Huntsman, Hebe, Apollo, Dionysus, Duke of Deception, Neptune, Hermes, Decay, Artemis, Argo the Almighty, Lya, Golden Girdle of Gaea, Lord Conquest, Earl of Greed, Hephaestus, Priapus, Vesta, Achelous, Nox. Excerpt: Queen Hippolyta is a fictional character and DC Comics superhero, based on Hippolyte, queen of the Amazons in Greek mythology. She is also the mother of Wonder Woman and the adoptive mother of fellow superhero Donna Troy. The character Hippolyta (then spelled "Hippolyte," although the spelling changed to "Hippolyta" during the 1960s) first appeared in All Star Comics #8 (1941), the same comic book that introduced her daughter, Wonder Woman. This original version of the character possessed black hair. According to this story, Hippolyte and the Amazons once resided in "Amazonia" in the days of ancient Greece, until they were beguiled and bested by the demi-god Hercules, who had been sent after her by the Wargod Ares, now named Mars. She was able to beat him using the girdle, but he seduced her, and tricked her into allowing him to see the girdle, allowing him to steal it. This caused them to lose the favor of their patron goddess, Aphrodite. Evantually she and the other Amazons were forgiven, but had to wear braclets to remind them of the chains which once bound them. To regain their status, the Amazons were forced to leave the mortal world and relocate to Paradise Island. There they established their o. More: Books, , Greco-Roman-Mythology-in-Comics~~Books-LLC, 999999999, Greco-Roman Mythology in Comics: Greco-Roman Mythology in Dc Comics, Greco-Roman Mythology in Marvel Comics, Hippolyta, Hercules, Books LLC (Editor), 1157844987, General Books LLC, , , , , General Books LLC<

ISBN: 9781157844983

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters:… More...

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Greco-Roman Mythology in Dc Comics, Greco-Roman Mythology in Marvel Comics, Hippolyta, Hercules, Themyscira, Circe, Ares, Olympian Gods, Fury, the Incredible Hercules, Venus, Titans of Myth, Phobos, Athena, Antiope, Zeus, Pluto, Hades, Warkiller, Vulcan, Children of Ares, Hera, Son of Vulcan, Devastation, Delphyne Gorgon, Olympians, Huntsman, Hebe, Apollo, Dionysus, Duke of Deception, Neptune, Hermes, Decay, Artemis, Argo the Almighty, Lya, Golden Girdle of Gaea, Lord Conquest, Earl of Greed, Hephaestus, Priapus, Vesta, Achelous, Nox. Excerpt: Queen Hippolyta is a fictional character and DC Comics superhero, based on Hippolyte, queen of the Amazons in Greek mythology. She is also the mother of Wonder Woman and the adoptive mother of fellow superhero Donna Troy. The character Hippolyta (then spelled "Hippolyte," although the spelling changed to "Hippolyta" during the 1960s) first appeared in All Star Comics #8 (1941), the same comic book that introduced her daughter, Wonder Woman. This original version of the character possessed black hair. According to this story, Hippolyte and the Amazons once resided in "Amazonia" in the days of ancient Greece, until they were beguiled and bested by the demi-god Hercules, who had been sent after her by the Wargod Ares, now named Mars. She was able to beat him using the girdle, but he seduced her, and tricked her into allowing him to see the girdle, allowing him to steal it. This caused them to lose the favor of their patron goddess, Aphrodite. Evantually she and the other Amazons were forgiven, but had to wear braclets to remind them of the chains which once bound them. To regain their status, the Amazons were forced to leave the mortal world and relocate to Paradise Island. There they established their o. More: Books Greco-Roman-Mythology-in-Comics~~Books-LLC General Books LLC<