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In Greek mythology, Artemis [(Greek: (nominative) Ἄρτεμις, (genitive) Ἀρτέμιδος)] was the daughter of Zeus and Leto, and the twin sister of Apollo. The Louvre Museum (Musée du Louvre located in Paris is the world's most visited art museum a historic monument and a national museum of France Greek mythology is the body of stories belonging to the ancient Greeks concerning their gods and Heroes the nature of the world and the origins and significance Greek (el ελληνική γλώσσα or simply el ελληνικά — "Hellenic" is an Indo-European language, spoken today by 15-22 million people mainly The nominative case is a Grammatical case for a Noun, which generally marks the subject of a Verb, as opposed to its object or other In Grammar, the genitive case or possessive case (also called the second case) is the case that marks a Noun as modifying another Zeus (zjuːs in Greek: nominative: Zeús /zdeús/ genitive: Diós; Modern Greek /'zefs/ in Greek mythology Lētṓ ( Greek:, Λ&alphaτώ, Lato in Dorian Greek etymology and meaning disputed in Greek mythology, is a daughter of She was the Hellenic goddess of forests and hills, and was often depicted as a huntress carrying bow and arrows. ^[1] The deer and the cypress were sacred to her. A deer is a Ruminant Mammal belonging to the family Cervidae. The Genus Cupressus is one of several genera within the family Cupressaceae that have the common name cypress; for the others In later, Hellenistic times she even assumed the ancient role of Eileithyia in aiding childbirth. Eileithyia (Εἰλείθυια was the Cretan goddess whom Greek mythology adapted as the goddess of childbirth and midwifery

Artemis was one of the most widely venerated of the gods and one of the oldest (Burkert 1985, 149). Her later association with the moon is a popular idea which has little foundation. She later became identified with Selene,^[2] a Titaness who was a Greek moon goddess, and she was sometimes depicted with a crescent moon above her head. In Greek mythology, Selene (Σελήνη " Moon " English sɛˈliːniː was an archaic Lunar deity and the daughter of the Titans In Greek mythology, the Titans ( Greek: Tītā́n; plural Tītânes) were a race of powerful Deities that ruled during the legendary She also became identified with the Roman goddess Diana^[3] and with the Etruscan goddess, Artume. In Roman mythology, Diana was the goddess of the hunt, being associated with wild animals and woodland and also of the Moon. The Etruscans were a people of unknown origin living in Northern Italy, who were eventually integrated into Roman culture and politically became part of the Roman Republic ^[4]

Contents 1 Etymology 2 Birth 2.1 Childhood 3 Myths of Artemis 3.1 Artemis and Actaeon 3.2 Artemis and Adonis 3.3 Orion 4 Other stories 4.1 Callisto 4.2 Iphigenia and the Taurian Artemis 4.3 Niobe 4.4 Otus and Ephialtes 4.5 The Meleagrids 4.6 Chione 4.7 Atalanta and Oeneus 4.8 Trojan War 5 Worship of Artemis 5.1 Artemis in art 5.2 Artemis as the Lady of Ephesus 6 Artemis in Astronomy 7 Artemis in Astrology 8 References 9 Sources 10 External links

Etymology

There may be some connection with the Greek αρτεμης = "safe and sound" from the root αρ = "to fit". Greek (el ελληνική γλώσσα or simply el ελληνικά — "Hellenic" is an Indo-European language, spoken today by 15-22 million people mainly The root is the primary lexical unit of a Word, which carries the most significant aspects of semantic content and cannot be reduced into smaller constituents

Birth

Various conflicting accounts are given in Greek mythology of the birth of Artemis and her twin brother, Apollo. All accounts agree, however, that she was the daughter of Zeus and Leto. Zeus (zjuːs in Greek: nominative: Zeús /zdeús/ genitive: Diós; Modern Greek /'zefs/ in Greek mythology Lētṓ ( Greek:, Λ&alphaτώ, Lato in Dorian Greek etymology and meaning disputed in Greek mythology, is a daughter of

An account by Callimachus has it that Hera forbade Leto to give birth on either terra firma (the mainland) or on an island. Callimachus ( Greek:, 310 BC/305 BC-240 BC was a native of the Greek colony of Cyrene, Libya. Hera was angry with Zeus, her husband, because he had impregnated Leto. But the island of Delos (or possibly Ortygia) disobeyed Hera, and Leto gave birth there. The island of Delos ( Greek: Δήλος Dhilos) isolated in the centre of the roughly circular ring of islands called the Cyclades, near Mykonos Ortygia is an island near the city of Syracuse Sicily. The island also known as Città Vecchia (Old City contains many historical landmarks ^[5]

The myths also differ as to whether Artemis was born first, or Apollo. For further details, see Hera 5.2. In the Olympian pantheon of classical Greek Mythology, Hera (ˈhɪərə or /ˈhɛrə/ Greek) or Here ( in Ionic and Homer

Childhood

The childhood of Artemis is not embodied in any surviving myth: the Iliad reduced the figure of the dread goddess to a girl, who, having been thrashed by Hera, climbs weeping into the lap of Zeus. The Iliad ( Greek: Ἰλιάς (Ancient Ιλιάδα (Modern is together with the Odyssey, one of two ancient In the Olympian pantheon of classical Greek Mythology, Hera (ˈhɪərə or /ˈhɛrə/ Greek) or Here ( in Ionic and Homer ^[6] A poem of Callimachus – the goddess "who amuses herself on mountains with archery" – imagines some charming vignettes: at three years old, Artemis asked her father, Zeus, while sitting on his knee, to grant her six wishes. Callimachus ( Greek:, 310 BC/305 BC-240 BC was a native of the Greek colony of Cyrene, Libya. Her first wish was to remain chaste for eternity, and never to be confined by marriage. She then asked for lop-eared hounds, stags to lead her chariot, and nymphs to be her hunting companions, 60 from the river and 20 from the ocean. In Greek mythology, a nymph is any member of a large class of mythological entities in human female form Also, she asked for a silver bow like her brother Apollo. He granted her wishes. ^[7] All of her companions remained virgins, and Artemis guarded her own chastity closely. Her symbol was the silver bow and arrow.

Myths of Artemis

Artemis and Actaeon

She was once bathing in a vale on Mount Cithaeron, when the Theban prince and hunter Actaeon stumbled across her. Cithaeron is also a spider genus ( Cithaeronidae) Kithairon (Κιθαιρών -ῶνος is a mountain range ("No corner of In Greek mythology, Actaeon (ækˈtiən (Greek Ακταίων) son of the priestly herdsman Aristaeus and Autonoe in Boeotia, One version of this story says that Actaeon hid in the bushes and spied on her as she continued to bathe; she was enraged to discover the spy, and turned him into a stag which was pursued and killed by his own hounds. Alternatively, Actaeon boasted that he was a better hunter than she and Artemis turned him into a stag and he was eaten by his hounds.

Artemis and Adonis

In some versions of the story of Adonis, Artemis sent a wild boar to kill Adonis as punishment for his hubristic boast that he was a better hunter than she. Adonis (Άδωνης also Άδωνις is a figure of West Semitic origin where he is a central cult figure in various Mystery religions, who enters The boar or wild boar ( Sus scrofa) is an Omnivorous, gregarious Mammal of the biological family Suidae.

In other versions, Artemis killed him for revenge. Adonis had been a favorite of Aphrodite, and Aphrodite was responsible for the death of Hippolytus, who had been a favorite of Artemis. In Greek mythology, Hippolytus ( Greek for "loose horse" was a son of Theseus and either Antiope or Hippolyte. Therefore Artemis killed Adonis to revenge Hippolytus’s death.

Orion

Orion was a hunting companion of the goddess Artemis. Orion ( Greek or, Latin Orion) was a giant huntsman of Greek mythology whom Zeus placed among the stars as the constellation In some versions of his story he was killed by Artemis, while in others he was killed by a scorpion sent by Gaia. Scorpius ( Latin for Scorpion, symbol, Unicode ♏ is one of the Constellations of the Zodiac. Gaia (ˈgeɪə or /ˈgaɪə/ (" land " or " Earth " from the Ancient Greek Γαîα also Gæa or Gea In some versions, Orion tried to rape Opis,^[8] one of her followers, and she killed him. Rape, also referred to as Sexual assault, is an Assault by a person involving Sexual intercourse with or Sexual penetration of another person Opis (Akkadian Upî or Upija; Greek Ὦπις was an ancient Babylonian city on the Tigris, not far from modern Baghdad. In a version by Aratus,^[9] Orion took hold of Artemis' robe and she killed him in self-defense. This article is about the didactic poet There was also an Aratus of Sicyon and an Aratus son of Asclepius For the crab Genus, see Self-defense (or self-defence &mdash see spelling differences) is the act of defending oneself one's property or the well-being of another from physical harm In yet another version, Apollo sent the scorpion. According to Hyginus^[10] Artemis once loved Orion,^[11] but was tricked into killing him by her brother Apollo, who was protective of his sister's maidenhood. Gaius Julius Hyginus (ca 64 BC &ndash AD 17 was a Latin author but whether a native of Spain or of Alexandria is not sure a pupil of the famous

Other stories

Callisto

Daughter of Lycaon, King of Arcadia. Tiziano Vecelli or Tiziano Vecellio (c 1485 &ndash August 27 1576 better known as Titian, was the leading painter of the 16th-century Venetian She was one of Artemis's hunting attendants. As a companion of Artemis, Callisto took a vow of chastity. Zeus appeared to her disguised as Artemis, or in some stories Apollo, gained her confidence, then took advantage of her (or raped her, according to Ovid). Publius Ovidius Naso ( March 20, 43 BC – 17 AD was a Roman poet known to the English -speaking world as Ovid who wrote on many topics including As a result of this encounter she conceived a son, Arcas. Enraged, Hera or Artemis (some accounts say both) changed her into a bear. Arcas almost killed the bear, but Zeus stopped him just in time. Out of pity, Zeus placed Callisto the bear into the heavens, thus the origin of Callisto the Bear as a constellation. Some stories say that he placed both Arcas and Callisto into the heavens as bears, forming the Ursa Minor and Ursa Major constellations. Ursa Major ( is a Constellation visible throughout the year in most of the northern hemisphere

Iphigenia and the Taurian Artemis

Artemis punished Agamemnon after he killed a sacred stag in a sacred grove and boasted that he was a better hunter. In Greek mythology, Agamemnon (very resolute / ( ancient Greek:) is a hero, the son of King Atreus of Mycenae A major event leading to the eventual formation of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, took place in what is commonly referred to within the Church as The When the Greek fleet was preparing at Aulis to depart for Troy to begin the Trojan War, Artemis becalmed the winds. Troy ( Greek: grc Τροία Troia, also, Ilion; Latin: Trōia, Īlium, Hittite: Wilusa or In Greek mythology, the Trojan War was waged against the city of Troy by the Achaeans after Paris of Troy stole Helen from her The seer Calchis advised Agamemnon that the only way to appease Artemis was to sacrifice his daughter Iphigenia. In Greek mythology, Calchas ("bronze-man" son of Thestor was a Argive Seer, with a gift for interpreting the flight of birds that he received 112 Iphigenia is an Asteroid. Iphigeneia (Eng /ɪfədʒə'naɪə/, also Iphigenia In some version, the sacrifice goes through as planned (with Agamemnon killing his daughter), and the act results in his own death at the hands of his wife Clytemnestra and her lover, Aegisthus. Clytemnestra (or Clytaemnestra (Eng /klaɪtəm'nɛstɹə/ Greek: Klytaimnéstra, "famed for her suitors" was the wife of Agamemnon, king In another version, Artemis snatches Iphigenia from the altar and substitutes a deer. Iphigenia is then transported to the Crimea and appointed as priestess in the goddess's Tauric temple, where strangers were offered as human sacrifice. Crimea (kraɪˈmiːə or the Autonomous Republic of Crimea (Крим Автономна Республіка Крим Avtonomna Respublika Krym; Крым Human sacrifice is the act of Homicide (the Killing of one or several Human beings in the context of a Religious ritual ( ritual killing

Niobe

A Queen of Thebes and wife of Amphion, Niobe boasted of her superiority to Leto because while she had fourteen children (Niobids), seven boys and seven girls, Leto had only one of each. Thebes ( Classic Greek Θῆβαι, Mod Θήβα) is a city in Greece, situated to the north of the Cithaeron range which divides This article is about Amphion in Greek and mythology For naval vessels named Amphion see HMS Amphion, Swedish Amphion and USS Amphion, and for speakers Niobe (Νιόβη was the daughter of the semi-legendary ruler Tantalus, called the " Phrygian " and sometimes even as "King of Phrygia In Greek mythology, the Niobids were the children of Amphion and Niobe, slain by Apollo and Artemis because Niobe had boastfully compared When Artemis and Apollo heard this impiety, Apollo killed her sons as they practiced athletics, and Artemis shot her daughters, who died instantly without a sound. Apollo and Artemis used poisoned arrows to kill them, though according to some versions two of the Niobids were spared, one boy and one girl. Amphion, at the sight of his dead sons, killed himself. A devastated Niobe and her remaining children were turned to stone by Artemis as they wept. Some myths say that their tears, which still flowed from their stone eyes, formed the river Achelous. In Greek mythology, Achelous (English ækɨˈloʊəs Greek: (Achelōos was the patron deity of the "silver-swirling" Acheloos River, which The gods themselves entombed them.

Otus and Ephialtes

The Gigantes Otus and Ephialtes were sons of Poseidon. See Gigantes y cabezudos for the giant figures of Spanish culture Otos redirects here for the Spanish municipality see Otos Valencia. Otos redirects here for the Spanish municipality see Otos Valencia. In Greek mythology, Poseidon ( Greek:; Latin: Neptūnus) was the god of the Sea and as "Earth-Shaker" They were so strong that nothing could harm them. One night, as they slept, Gaea whispered to them, that since they were so strong, they should be the rulers of Olympus. They built a mountain as tall as Mt. Olympus, and then demanded that the gods surrender, and that Artemis and Hera become their wives. Mount Olympus (Όλυμπος also transliterated as Ólympos, and on Greek maps Óros Ólimbos) is the highest Mountain in Greece The gods fought back, but couldn't harm them. The sons even managed to kidnap Ares and hold him in a jar for thirteen months. Artemis later changed herself into a deer and ran between them. The Aloadae, not wanting her to get away because they were eager huntsmen, each threw their javelin and simultaneously killed each other. Otos redirects here for the Spanish municipality see Otos Valencia.

The Meleagrids

After the death of Meleager, Artemis turned his grieving sisters, the Meleagrids into guineafowl that Artemis loved very much. This article is about the mythological figure for other uses see Meleager (disambiguation. In Greek mythology, the Meleagrids were the daughters of Althaea and Oeneus, sisters of Meleager. The guineafowl (sometimes called guineahen are a family of birds in the same order as the Pheasants turkeys and other game birds and is native to

Chione

Artemis killed Chione for becoming too proud and vain after having an affair with Apollo.

Atalanta and Oeneus

Artemis saved the infant Atalanta from dying of exposure after her father abandoned her. Atalanta (Αταλάντη English translation: "balanced" is a character from ancient Greek mythology. She sent a female bear to suckle the baby, who was then raised by hunters. But she later sent a bear to hurt Atalanta because people said Atalanta was a better hunter. This is in some stories.

Among other adventures, Atalanta participated in the hunt for the Calydonian Boar, which Artemis had sent to destroy Calydon because King Oeneus had forgotten her at the harvest sacrifices. The Calydonian Boar is one of the monsters of Greek mythology that had to be overcome by heroes of the Olympian age Calydon ( Greek: Καλυδών was an ancient Greek city in Aetolia, situated on the west bank of the river Evenus. In Greek mythology, Oeneus, or Oineus (Οἰνεύς was a Calydonian king son of Porthaon, husband of Althaea and father of In the hunt, Atalanta drew the first blood, and was awarded the prize of the skin. She hung it in a sacred grove at Tegea as a dedication to Artemis. Tegea was a settlement in ancient Greece and it is also a municipality in modern Arcadia, Greece, with its seat in the village Stadio.

Trojan War

Artemis may have been represented as a supporter of Troy because her brother Apollo was the patron god of the city and she herself was widely worshipped in western Anatolia in historical time. In the Iliad^[12] she came to blows with Hera, when the divine allies of the Greeks and Trojans engaged each other in conflict. The Iliad ( Greek: Ἰλιάς (Ancient Ιλιάδα (Modern is together with the Odyssey, one of two ancient Hera struck Artemis on the ears with her own quiver, causing the arrows to fall out. As Artemis fled crying to Zeus, Leto gathered up the bow and arrows which had fallen out of the quiver.

Worship of Artemis

Main article: Brauronia

Artemis, the goddess of forests and hills, was worshipped throughout ancient Greece. The sanctuary of Artemis at Brauron (Ancient Greek Βραυρών Modern Greek Βραυρώνα — Vravrona or Vravronas is an early sacred site on the eastern coast The term ancient Greece refers to the period of Greek history lasting from the Greek Dark Ages ca ^[13]. Her best known cults were on the island of Delos (her birthplace); in Attica at Brauron and Mounikhia (near Piraeus); in Sparta. This article discusses cult in the original and typically ancient sense of "religious practice" (cultus The island of Delos ( Greek: Δήλος Dhilos) isolated in the centre of the roughly circular ring of islands called the Cyclades, near Mykonos The sanctuary of Artemis at Brauron (Ancient Greek Βραυρών Modern Greek Βραυρώνα — Vravrona or Vravronas is an early sacred site on the eastern coast Piraeus (pɪˈræʊs Πειραιάς, piɾeˈas Πειραιεύς, piɾeˈefs is a city in the periphery of Attica, Greece, and a The city of Sparta ( Doric Σπάρτα Attic Σπάρτη She was often depicted in paintings and statues in a forest setting, carrying a bow and arrows, and accompanied by a deer.

As Aeginaea, she was worshiped in Sparta; the name means either huntress of chamois, or the wielder of the javelin (αιγανέα). The city of Sparta ( Doric Σπάρτα Attic Σπάρτη The chamois ( Rupicapra rupicapra) is a Goat -like animal native to the Carpathian Mountains of Romania the European Alps, the Gran ^[14][15] She was worshipped at Naupactus as Aetole; in her temple in that town there was a statue of white marble representing her throwing a javelin. Naupactus or Nafpaktos (Ναύπακτος rarely Έπαχτος Naupactus or Naupactos İnebahtı Italian Spanish and Portuguese Lepanto is the second largest town ^[16] This "Aetolian Artemis" would not have been introduced at Naupactus, anciently a place of Ozolian Locris, until it was awarded to the Aetolians by Philip II of Macedon. Ozolian Locris or Esperian Locris (Οζολία Λοκρίς ή Εσπερία Λοκρίς was a district inhabited by the Ozolian Locrians a tribe of the Locrians Aetolia is a mountainous region of Greece on the north coast of the Gulf of Corinth forming the eastern part of the modern prefecture of Aetolia-Acarnania Philip II of Macedon, ( Greek: Φίλιππος Β' ο Μακεδών &mdash φίλος = friend + ίππος = Horse Strabo records another precinct of "Aetolian Artemos" at the head of the Adriatic. ^[17] As Agrotera, she was especially associated as the patron goddess of hunters. For the Genus of Crambidae (grass moths called Agrotera see List of crambid genera A, or subfamily Spilomelinae. In Athens Artemis was often associated with the local Aeginian goddess, Aphaea. Aegina ( Greek: Αίγινα ( Egina) is one of the Saronic Islands of Greece in the Saronic Gulf, 17 miles (30 km from As Potnia Theron, she was the patron of wild animals; Homer used this title. Potnia Theron ("Mistress of the Animals" is an ancient title of the Minoan Goddess an aspect of her power that was assumed by Artemis among others in the Homer ( Ancient Greek:, Homēros) is a legendary ancient Greek epic Poet, traditionally said to be the author of the epic poems the As Kourotrophos, she was the nurse of youths. As Locheia, she was the goddess of childbirth and midwives. She was sometimes known as Cynthia, from her birthplace on Mount Cynthus on Delos, or Amarynthia from a festival in her honor originally held at Amarynthus in Euboea. Mount Cynthus is located on the isle of Delos, part of the Greek Cyclades. The island of Delos ( Greek: Δήλος Dhilos) isolated in the centre of the roughly circular ring of islands called the Cyclades, near Mykonos For the mythological figure see Euboea (mythology Euboea ( Modern Greek, Εύβοια - Évia &mdash She was sometimes identified by the name Phoebe, the feminine form of her brother Apollo's solar epithet Phoebus. Phoebus (pronounced /ˈfiːbəs/ or /ˈfibəs/ is the Latin form of Greek Phoibos (Φοῖβος "Shining-one" a byname used in classical

The ancient Spartans used to sacrifice to her as one of their patron goddesses before starting a new military campaign. In the Military sciences a military campaign is a term applied to large scale, long duration significant Military strategy plan incorporating

Athenian festivals in honor of Artemis included Elaphebolia, Mounikhia, Kharisteria, and Brauronia. The Elaphebolia ( Έλαφηβόλια) was an ancient Greek festival held at Athens and Phocis during the month of Elaphebolion (winter The Mounichia (Μουνιχιας was an ancient Greek festival held on 16th of the month Mounichion (spring in the honor of Artemis Mounichia The sanctuary of Artemis at Brauron (Ancient Greek Βραυρών Modern Greek Βραυρώνα — Vravrona or Vravronas is an early sacred site on the eastern coast The festival of Artemis Orthia was observed in Sparta. The Sanctuary of Artemis Orthia, an Archaic site devoted in Classical times to Artemis, was one of the most important religious sites in the Greek The city of Sparta ( Doric Σπάρτα Attic Σπάρτη

Pre-pubescent Athenian girls and young Athenian girls approaching marriageable age were sent to the sanctuary of Artemis at Brauron to serve the Goddess for one year. During this time the girls were known as arktoi, or little she-bears. A myth explaining this servitude relates that a bear had formed the habit of regularly visiting the town of Brauron, and the people there fed it, so that over time the bear became tame. A young girl teased the bear, and, in some versions of the myth it killed her, while in other versions it clawed her eyes out. Either way, the girl's brothers killed the bear, and Artemis was enraged. She demanded that young girls "act the bear" at her sanctuary in atonement for the bear's death.

Virginal Artemis was worshipped as a fertility/childbirth goddess in some places, assimilating Ilithyia, since, according to some myths, she assisted her mother in the delivery of her twin. Eileithyia (Εἰλείθυια was the Cretan goddess whom Greek mythology adapted as the goddess of childbirth and midwifery During the Classical period in Athens, she was identified with Hecate. Classical antiquity (also the classical era or classical period) is a broad term for a long period of cultural History centered on the Mediterranean Athens (ˈæθənz Αθήνα Athina,) the Capital and largest city of Greece, dominates the Attica periphery as one of the world's Hecate ( Greek: Ἑκάτη, "far-shooting") Hekate ( Hekátê Artemis also assimilated Caryatis (Carya). In Ancient Greek religion Artemis Caryatis was an Epithet of Artemis that was derived from the city of Karyae in Laconia; there an In Ancient Greek religion Artemis Caryatis was an Epithet of Artemis that was derived from the city of Karyae in Laconia; there an

Artemis in art

The oldest representations of Artemis in Greek Archaic art portray her as Potnia Theron ("Queen of the Beasts"): a winged goddess holding a stag and leopard in her hands, or sometimes a leopard and a lion. Praxiteles ( Ancient Greek: Πραξιτέλης English prækˈsɪtɨliːz of Athens, the son of Cephisodotus the Elder, was the most renowned of the Lunate is a term meaning crescent or moon-shaped In the specialized terminology of Lithic reduction, a lunate flake is a small crescent-shaped flake Potnia Theron ("Mistress of the Animals" is an ancient title of the Minoan Goddess an aspect of her power that was assumed by Artemis among others in the This winged Artemis lingered in ex-votos as Artemis Orthia, with a sanctuary close by Sparta. The Sanctuary of Artemis Orthia, an Archaic site devoted in Classical times to Artemis, was one of the most important religious sites in the Greek The city of Sparta ( Doric Σπάρτα Attic Σπάρτη

In Greek classical art she is usually portrayed as a maiden huntress clothed in a girl's short skirt,^[18] barefoot, with a quiver, a bow^[19] and arrows. For people with the name Barefoot see Barefoot (surname Going barefoot (also barefoot ed) means for a person not to use or Often she is shown in the shooting pose, and is accompanied by a hunting dog or stag. For the species known as the African hunting dog Cape hunting dog or painted hunting dog see African Wild Dog A hunting dog refers to any Dog who Her darker side is revealed in some vase paintings, where she is shown as the death-bringing goddess whose arrows fell young maidens and women, such as the daughters of Niobe. Niobe (Νιόβη was the daughter of the semi-legendary ruler Tantalus, called the " Phrygian " and sometimes even as "King of Phrygia

The attributes of the goddess were often varied: bow and arrows were sometimes replaced by hunting spears; as a goddess of maiden dances she held a lyre; as a goddess of light a pair of flaming torches. The lyre is a stringed musical instrument well known for its use in Classical Antiquity and later

Only in post-Classical art do we find representations of Artemis-Diana with the crown of the crescent moon, as Luna. For things named Crescent see Crescent (disambiguation. In art and symbolism a crescent is generally the shape produced when a In Greek mythology, Selene (Σελήνη " Moon " English sɛˈliːniː was an archaic Lunar deity and the daughter of the Titans In the ancient world, although she was occasionally associated with the moon, she was never portrayed as the moon itself. Ancient statues of Artemis have been found with crescent moons, but these moons are always Renaissance-era additions.

On June 7, 2007, a Roman era bronze sculpture of “Artemis and the Stag” was sold at Sotheby’s auction house in New York City by the Albright-Knox Art Gallery for $25. Sotheby's ( is the world's second oldest Auction house in continuous operation (the oldest being Stockholms Auktionsverk founded in 1674 The Albright-Knox Art Gallery is a major showplace for Modern art and Contemporary art located in Buffalo New York. 5 million.

Artemis as the Lady of Ephesus

Main article: Temple of Artemis

At Ephesus, her temple became one of the Seven Wonders of the World. The Temple of Artemis ( Greek: Ἀρτεμίσιον There the Lady whom Greeks associated with Artemis through interpretatio Graeca was worshiped primarily as a mother goddess, akin to the Phrygian goddess Cybele, in an ancient sanctuary where her cult image depicted the "Lady of Ephesus" adorned with multiple rounded breast like protuberances on her chest. Interpretatio graeca is a Latin term for the common tendency of Ancient Greek writers to equate foreign divinities to members of their own pantheon Originally a Hittite and Phrygian Goddess, Cybele (Κυβέλη was a deification of the Earth Mother and was worshipped in In the practice of Religion, a cult image is a man-made object that is venerated for the Deity, spirit or Daemon that it embodies or represents They had been traditionally interpreted as multiple accessory breasts, or as sacrificed bull testes, as some newer scholars claimed,^[20] until excavation at the site of the Artemision in 1987-88 identified the multitude of tear-shaped amber beads that had adorned her ancient wooden xoanon. Accessory breasts, also known as polymastia, supernumerary breasts, or mammae erraticae, is the condition of having an additional Breast Amber is Fossil tree Resin, which is appreciated for its color and beauty A xoanon ( Greek: ξόανον plural ξόανα xoana, from the verb ξέειν xein, to carve or scrape) was an Archaic wooden

In Ionia (Turkey), the "Lady of Ephesus," a goddess whom the Anatolians identified with Artemis, was a principal deity. Geography Physical Ionia was of small extent not exceeding 90 geographical miles in length from north to south with a breadth varying from 40 to 55 miles but to this Anatolia (Anadolu Ανατολία Anatolía) or Asia minor, comprising most of modern Turkey, is the geographic region bounded by the Black Her temple at Ephesus, an ancient Greek city located in the western part of Turkey, was one of the Seven Wonders of the World. The Temple of Artemis ( Greek: Ἀρτεμίσιον Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches It was probably the best known center of her worship except for Delos. In Acts of the Apostles, Ephesian metalsmiths who felt threatened by Saint Paul's preaching of Christianity, jealously rioted in her defense, shouting “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!” (Acts 19:28, KJV). The Acts of the Apostles is a book of the Bible, which now stands fifth in the New Testament.

Artemis in Astronomy

A minor planet, (105) Artemis; a lunar crater; the Artemis Chasma and the Artemis Corona (both on Venus) have all been named for her. Minor planet is a term used since the 19th century to describe objects such as Asteroids that are in Orbit around the Sun but are not Planets Artemis is a tiny lunar Impact crater located in the Mare Imbrium. Artemis Chasma is the nearly circular fracture in Venus ' surface which almost encloses Artemis Corona. Artemis Corona is a corona found in the Aphrodite Terra continent on the planet Venus.

Artemis in Astrology

In the western zodiac, Artemis is the ruling goddess of the sign of Cancer due to her supposed association with the moon. Cancer is the fourth Astrological sign in the Zodiac, originating from the constellation of Cancer.

References

Sources

• Burkert, Walter, 1985. Walter Burkert (born Neuendettelsau, Bavaria, February 2, 1931) a scholar of Greek mythology and cult, is an emeritus Greek Religion (Cambridge:Harvard University Press)
• Graves, Robert (1955) 1960. Robert Graves (24 July 1895 &ndash 7 December 1985 was an English Poet, Translator and Novelist. The Greek Myths (Penguin)
• Kerenyi, Karl, 1951. One of the founders of modern studies in Greek mythology, Károly (Carl Karl Kerényi ( January 19, 1897 &ndash April 14 1973 The Gods of the Greeks
• Telenius, Seppo (2005) 2006. Seppo Sakari Telenius (born on February 16, 1954, in Porvoo, Finland) is a Finnish writer and historian Athena-Artemis (Helsinki: Kirja kerrallaan)

External links

• Encyclopedia Mythica's article on Artemis
• Theoi Project, Artemis, information on Artemis from original Greek and Roman sources, images from classical art.
• Hymn To Artemis - The Virgin Goddess of the Hunt
• A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1890) (eds. G. E. Marindin, William Smith, LLD, William Wayte)

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