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There they thrived for many years before they were attacked by the forces of Hercules, and were saved only through the intervention of the goddesses. They were given a city-state in Greece (the land adjacent to the lake of their birth), and they called it Themyscira. The Amazons were to serve the Olympian gods in proselytical manner, spreading their principles and devotion to a largely barbarian world. The second woman to emerge from the lake was called Antiope, and according to the goddesses she was to rule as second in command. The first such creature to emerge from the lake was dubbed Hippolyta by the goddesses, and she was crowned queen of these women, to be henceforth known as Amazons. Through their magics, the goddesses formed thousands of super-humanly strong, adult female bodies from the clay bed of a lake in Greece, and imbued them with the spirits from the Well of Souls. The five goddesses combined their powers to grant life to all of the souls - with the exception of one, whom they decided would have a special future purpose. There, in the Cavern of Souls, were kept the spirits of all women who had unjustly died at the hands of a man. Met with disinterest or opposition by most of their male counterparts, the goddesses Hestia, Aphrodite, Demeter, Athena and Artemis convened in the land of the Underworld. The youngest and most powerful of the Amazons, Princess Diana, left her protective nation of sisterhood, renouncing her immortality to fight the forces of evil in Man's World as Wonder Woman!Īround the year 1200 B.C., a small group of female Olympian gods desired to create a nation of warrior women that would help to spread their ideals to the world. They were created by a coterie of Olympian goddesses over three thousand years ago to serve as their messengers to the world in the name of peace and justice.

The Amazons of Themyscira are a race of immortal warrior women that live on the mystically hidden island of Themyscira. For this reason, they went to another dimension to rest and renew their powers, but Diana chose to remain on Earth, relinquishing her Amazonian powers. Earth-OneĮventually, the Amazons were forced to leave Earth as their magic was exhausted after their 10,000-year stay on Earth.

After dealing with excesive abuse from the Gods, Queen Hippolyta led the Amazons to freedom and they sailed until they arrived to Paradise Island, where they started their civilization anew, far away from the Gods. Unfortunately, the Amazons were tricked by the Gods and forced into slavery. Queen Hippolyta managed to defeat Hercules using her Aphrodite's Magic Girdle.

They were eventually challenged by the strongest warrior of the Gods of Olympus, Hercules.

The Amazons were a powerful race of women who lived in the aptly named Amazonia.