Olympian Gods (DC Comics)
The Olympian Gods are characters based upon classical mythology who appear primarily in Wonder Woman, Captain Marvel and Aquaman comics.
Hecate reasoned that the Olympian Gods (as they would eventually be called) were greatly weakened after usurping power from their father Cronus and the Titans of Myth.
[3] Centuries ago, an argument between Aphrodite and Ares led to the creation of the Amazons, who have been guided and protected by the goddesses ever since.
[4] This champion was Princess Diana, daughter of Queen Hippolyta, whom Hermes escorted to Man's World.
Hephaestus forged Wonder Woman's golden Lasso of Truth from the girdle of the earth-goddess Gaea, and her silver bracelets which he formed from the splintered Aegis of Zeus.
In failure, Ares declared that he would no longer trifle with the affairs of man, and also forbade his offspring from appearing on Earth.
Then, Hermes gave her winged sandals which would enable her to travel freely between Themyscira and Man's World.
The feud began when Zeus turned an amorous eye towards Diana, offering to make her a goddess if she participated in 'the ultimate sharing of the flesh'.
[8] Diana succeeded in her trials, defeating numerous monsters including Echidna, the Chimera, the Cyclops, the Hydra, the Harpies, and the Minotaur.
Diana also freed Heracles, who had borne the weight of Themyscira for eons while imprisoned in a stone form and had been scarred by various monsters.
[10] When the gods returned, they decided to destroy Mount Olympus and undertake a "cosmic migration" to the stars.
Zeus and the Olympians decided then to follow the call of Cronus and the Titans to help guide other worlds in the universe.
[21] Hera (now presiding over Olympus) transfigured Diana into a goddess of truth and welcomed her to live with the gods.
[22] The gods shared the secret of their division with Diana and decided to reunite their essences with those of their Roman counterparts.
The Olympians were incapacitated, but Wonder Woman eventually found a way to awaken them in time for them to strike decisively at the Shattered God.
Renouncing them millennia ago, the tribe instead worship a combination of Egyptian and middle eastern deities.
The central gods worshipped by the desert Amazons are: Isis (wisdom and magic), Mammitu (judgement bringer), Bast (nature and feminine), and Neith (mother figure and protection).
For millennia, the goddess Athena waited patiently for the chance to prove herself worthy of the crown of Olympus.
As Earth society developed, the goddess of knowledge grew in power and cunning, and ultimately challenged her father Zeus for the throne.
[27] Athena immediately set Diana on a quest into Hades' realm to free the god Hermes.
She descended beneath Doom's Doorway with Wonder Girl (Cassandra Sandsmark) and Ferdinand the Minotaur and was confronted by Zeus' alliance.
[28] Ares acted as a double agent and gained Zeus' trust, but when the opportunity arose, he killed his uncle Hades and assumed control of the Underworld.
Her mother had indeed lain with Zeus, but Helena Sandsmark forbade Diana or anyone from revealing the truth to Cassie.
[30] Not long after this, Athena sensed a dark destiny for the gods amidst the cosmic mechanations of Alexander Luthor Jr.
In the crisis created by his chaos, Diana was forced to kill Maxwell Lord, and incurred the ire of the world's public.
[31] The U.S. government responded by mobilizing against Themyscira, and Diana realized that as long as she was a target, the Amazons would never be safe.
