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=== Queen of the Amazons ===
[[Apollonius of Rhodes]] writes that the three cities of the Amazons are located in the plain of Doias. He further mentions a temple of [[Ares]], Otrera and Antiope built in a desert island full of ravening birds.<ref>[[Apollonius of Rhodes]], ''[[Argonautica]]'' [https://archive.org/details/theargonauticaof00apoliala/page/64/mode/2up 2.370]</ref> Otrera is sometimes considered the mythological founder of the [[Temple of Artemis]] in [[Ephesus]], which was closely connected with Amazons.<ref>[[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], ''Fabulae'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#223 223] and [https://topostext.org/work/206#225 225]</ref> She is the queen and the founding mother of the Amazon nation.

Otrera was the consort<ref>[[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], ''Fabulae'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#223 223]</ref> of Ares and mother by him of [[Hippolyta]]<ref>[[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], ''Fabulae'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#30 30]</ref> and [[Penthesilea]];<ref>Apollodorus, ''[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Epitome]]'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022%3Atext%3DEpitome%3Abook%3DE%3Achapter%3D5%3Asection%3D1 5.1]</ref><ref>[[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], ''Fabulae'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#112 112]</ref> both went on to become queens of the Amazons. While usually said to be Ares' consort, in one version she's his daughter instead by an unknown mother.<ref>Scholiast on [[Apollonius Rhodius]], ''[[Argonautica]]'' 1.1022</ref>