Wonder Woman's name. Diana?

Born on Paradise Island to a race of Amazon Warriors; Diana is a princess, an ambassador and a warrior. Using her divine powers, granted by the Gods of Olympus, Wonder Woman came to America to fight for peace, justice and truth. Wonder Woman is Earth's greatest female superhero.

#1 Posted by Kevino13 (2 posts) - 8 months, 29 days ago - Show Bio

Wonder Woman is heavily influenced by the Greek pantheon, but her name is Diana, after the Roman goddess of the hunt. A more appropriate name for her would have been Artemis, the Greek equivalent of Diana. Was this a mistake that DC has been forced to run with ever since or what?

#2 Posted by Jonny_Anonymous (15779 posts) - 8 months, 29 days ago - Show Bio

@Kevino13: nope

#3 Posted by WDW (1288 posts) - 8 months, 29 days ago - Show Bio

@Kevino13 said:

Wonder Woman is heavily influenced by the Greek pantheon, but her name is Diana, after the Roman goddess of the hunt. A more appropriate name for her would have been Artemis, the Greek equivalent of Diana. Was this a mistake that DC has been forced to run with ever since or what?

originally Diana/Wonder Woman in 1941 was created using the Roman Pantheon. It was changed to Greek in 1986 but they kept the name Diana

#4 Posted by ThanosIsMad (2081 posts) - 8 months, 28 days ago - Show Bio

Well, the Roman and Greek Pantheons are essentially the same and were often considered the same exact Gods in DC for the longest time, so it's not really such a big deal.

I mean, they still call Hercules Hercules instead of the correct Heracles and it's no big deal.

#5 Posted by cloudzackvincent (783 posts) - 8 months, 28 days ago - Show Bio

also Diana is a much more "layman" name than Artemis...so maybe Marston thought it would connect better..... anyway its not a big deal... the greek and the roman pantheons are essentially the same.

#6 Posted by fodigg (4535 posts) - 8 months, 28 days ago - Show Bio

@WDW: I did not know that. Huh.

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