Alex Bailey/Warner Bros. From a storytelling point of view, deviating from the origin of Marston’s invention could offer several payoffs. Having Hippolyta betray Diana’s trust by lying about ...

And while Diana is the name of the Roman Goddess of the Hunt — whose Greek equivalent is Artemis — Wonder Woman is not actually an interpretation of that character.

Titian, ‘Death of Actaeon’, 1559–1575.. Mythology can be read as fragments of truth veiled in fictive narratives. One of the interpretations evoked by the myth of Diana and Actaeon is the ...