They named the island itself Themyscira, after their fallen capital, and began new lives, erecting buildings and monuments, and perfecting their skills as artisans and warriors.įor centuries the Amazons lived in what they felt a perfect state of harmony with their surroundings. As decreed by the goddesses, Hippolyta led the remaining Amazons to a remote island, where they were tasked with guarding Doom's Doorway as punishment for their failures as teachers. Soon after, Antiope led a force of Amazons off into Greece, seeking vengeance on Heracles. Through strength and savage cunning, the Amazons freed themselves, slaughtering most of their captors. His forces succeeded in ransacking Themyscira and enslaving the Amazons. The immortal Amazons were created over 3,000 years ago to teach the merits of virtue, love, and equality to the men of "Patriarch's World", and they founded the city-state of Themyscira in ancient Greece (in a part of modern Turkey).Īres, the God of War, a chief opponent of the Amazons, manipulated his half-brother Heracles to gather forces and attack Themyscira, where Heracles seduced and ravaged the Amazon Queen Hippolyta. The Amazons were ultimately the victors and incorporated their defeated foes into their own society. During the war the Amazons came into conflict with the Valkyries, as the winged women were supporting the Nazi Party in the war. While Diana was forbidden from entering the contest she did so in disguise and won, becoming Wonder Woman. The girls rescued the pilot and the Amazons learned of the ongoing war in the outside world from him, with the queen declaring a contest to see who would return the pilot to his country and represent the Amazons as their champion off the island. When Diana was a young woman an outing with her childhood friend Mala was interrupted by the crash of a strange plane from the outside world, containing an injured male pilot named Steve Trevor. Diana was beloved by the queen and the other Amazons and quickly began to stand out among the Amazon children for her speed and strength. Aphrodite eventually granted her loyal follower this wish by turning one of the Queens sculptures into a living child, which the queen named Diana, after the Roman name for Artemis, Goddess of the Hunt. While the Amazons did rescue and raise girls from the outside world Queen Hippolyte yearned for a daughter of her own and started sculpting clay infant figures. Following this ordeal Aphrodite directed them to build a new nation aloof and separate from men on Paradise Island, where the local Fountain of Youth imbued them with immortality so long as they were on the island and keep men from stepping foot there. Hippolyte managed to recover her girdle and lead the Amazons to escape their captors, stealing a fleet of ships and setting sail for new shores. Hercules was defeated in single combat by Hippolyte and resorted to trickery to steal her girdle and enslave the Amazons.
As part of Mars' ongoing philosophical feud with Aphrodite he prompted violent men representing his own ideals lead by Hercules to attack. Īmazonia quickly became a flourishing successful nation, but male warriors became bitter at taunts that they could not defeat a bunch of women who refused to kill. In ancient times the Amazons gathered and formed their peaceful matriarchal society of Amazonia with the backing of Aphrodite, who gave their queen Hippolyte a magic girdle which would prevent their being overthrown so long as she wore it.
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