Unchanged by any teller — how the centuries since have seen Otrera.
In play
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Temple of Artemis
Pindar and later tradition credit Otrera and the Amazons with founding the cult of Artemis at Ephesus — the shrine that became one of the Seven Wonders.
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Otrera
First queen of the Amazons, consort of Ares, mother of Hippolyta and Penthesilea — founder of the Ephesian Artemis cult in Amazon lore.
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Penthesilea
Otrera's daughter by Ares — the Amazon queen who fights Achilles at Troy and keeps her mother's name in the epic tradition.
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Amazons
Otrera as founding mother of the Amazon nation — the queen who makes Thermodon and Ephesus part of the same warrior genealogy.