Hippolyta in a more favorable light, saying that Hippolyta was dead before he and Phaedra were wed, and this battle did not occur. Further complicating the narratives, a number of ancient writers say the Amazon in question was not Hippolyta at all, but her sister Antiope, Melanippe, or Glauce. Moreover, there are combined versions of the tale in which Heracles abducts and kills Hippolyta while Theseus, assisted by Sthenelus and Telamon, abducts and marries Antiope. There are also stories that Hippolyta or Antiope later bore Theseus a son, Hippolytus. In William Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream", Hippolyta is engaged to Theseus,
Hippolyta (DC Comics) Hippolyta (DC Comics) Queen Hippolyta is a fictional DC Comics superhero, 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, and the mother of Wonder Woman, Donna Troy, and Hercules. Hippolyta made her cinematic debut in the 2017 film "Wonder Woman", played by Connie Nielsen. She later appeared in the 2017 film "Justice League". The character Hippolyta (initially spelled "Hippolyte") first appeared in "All Star Comics" #8 (December 1941) in the same story that introduced her daughter, Princess Diana, known as