Who Is Lyta? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Lyta is a DC Comics comic book character, the alter ego of Hippolyta Milton, with over 29 comic issue appearances. She is the daughter of Ares and Circe.

Who is Lyta?

In the post crisis universe, Lyta is the daughter of the crimelord Ares Buchanan ( a Bostonian criminal possessed by the god of War Ares ) and Donna Milton ( a human guise of the sorceress Circe ). She has magical talents that she has inherited from both parents. Donna Milton was dying of a gunshot wound administered by her scorned lover Ares Buchanan when she started to give birth to their daughter in an underground river. She was rescued by her friend Wonder Woman and in gratitude for saving herself and her daughter, Donna named the child Hippolyte after Diana's own mother. Weeks later a recuped Donna discovered that her life was a lie. Nothing more than a complex spell of Circe's. So powerful that the sorceress herself was lost in its lies. Away from the eyes of man, Circe raised her daughter, taking a mothers pride in the girls own magic powers coming to bare.

Key facts

Lyta is of god/eternal origin and first appeared in "Ares Rising: Amazon Songs". The character is published by DC Comics. With 29 recorded issue appearances, Lyta ranks among the most featured characters in comics.