Otrera

In Greek mythology, Otrera (Greek: Οτρηρη Otrērē) was a Queen of the Amazons, the consort of Ares, daughter of Eurus, and mother of Hippolyta, Antiope, Melanippe and Penthesilea.^[1][2]

Otrera is sometimes considered the mythological founder of the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus,^[3] which was closely connected with Amazons.^[4] She is also sometimes considered the founder of the Amazon nation, though many myths place the first Amazons much earlier.

Notes

1. ^ Apollodorus, Bibliotheca, Epitome of Book IV, 5. 1
2. ^ Hyginus, Fabulae, 30; 112
3. ^ Hyginus, Fabulae 223, 225
4. ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece 7. 2. 6

References

• Grimal, Pierre, The Dictionary of Classical Mythology, Wiley-Blackwell, 1996, ISBN 9780631201021. "Hippolyta"
• Hyginus, Fabulae 225
• Smith, William; Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London (1873). "Otre'ra" , "Hippo'lyte"

External links

• The Theoi Project, "OTRERA"
• Florence Mary Bennett, Religious Cults Associated with the Amazons: (1912): Chapter III: Ephesian Artemis (text)
• Quintus Smyrnaeus, Posthomerica: (uncertain date, possibly 4th century AD) (text)

Preceded by unknown

Queen of the Amazons

Succeeded by Hippolyta