Philippus is a fictional character owned by DC Comics. She made her
first appearance in February 1987 as an Amazon character in the Wonder
Woman comic book. The character was created by writer/artist George
Pérez.3,000 years ago a select few of the Olympian gods, which
included Artemis, Athena, Hestia, Demeter and Aphrodite, took the
souls of women slain throughout time by the hands of men and sent them
to the bottom of the Aegean Sea. The souls then began to form bodies
with the clay on the sea bed. Once they reached the surface the clay
bodies became living flesh and blood Amazons. Philippus was one of
these new race of women. The first to break surface was Hippolyta and
thus she was titled as Queen of the new race. The second Amazon to
break surface was Hippolyta's sister Antiope and she ruled as a second
to Hippolyta in all affairs. Each of the goddesses that created the
Amazons blessed them with personalized gifts: hunting skills
(Artemis), wisdom (Athena), warm homes (Hestia), plentiful harvests
(Demeter), and beauty inside and out (Aphrodite). The Amazons
eventually founded the city of Themyscira in Anatolia and became known
as fierce warriors of peace in Turkey, Greece, and Rome.The jealous
and vengeful god Ares soon after tried to discredit the Amazon's name
by having his half-brother demi-god Heracles invade the Amazons and
demean their standing by stealing Hippolyta's symbol of power: the
Golden Girdle of Gaea. When Heracles first approached the Amazons
seeking battle, Hippolyta met him outside the city gates and tried to
reason with him for peaceful negotiations. When this did not work
Heracles attacked the Amazon Queen using his strength to his
advantage. Hippolyta easily turned the tables on him by using her
wisdom and battle skills to subdue him. Still wishing peace, Hippolyta
invited Heracles and his men into their city to celebrate a potential
friendship with a feast. Hiding his anger, Heracles accepted the
invitation.Once in their stronghold, Heracles and his men drugged the
wine the Amazons were drinking and took them prisoner. After the theft
of Hippolyta's Golden Girdle and abuse and rape of the Amazons,
Hippolyta cried out to Athena to help them escape their bonds. Athena
said that she would only aid them on the condition that the Amazons
not seek retribution against Heracles and his men as that would be
beneath the ideals the Amazons were created to stand for. Hippolyta
hastily agreed and the Amazon's bonds were broken and the drugs given
wore off. Once out of their drugged state the Amazons were filled with
hate and revenge. Breaking Hippolyta's oath to Athena, the Amazons
began slaughtering their captors but were upset to find that Heracles
and his general Theseus had returned to their homelands. Philippus was
especially affected by the abuse as she no longer truly trusted the
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