The Diana of Versailles, a Roman copy of a Greek sculpture by Leochares. (Louvre Museum)

In Greek mythology, Artemis [(Greek: (nominative) Ἄρτεμις, (genitive) Ἀρτέμιδος)] was the daughter of Zeus and Leto, and the twin sister of Apollo. She was the Hellenic goddess of forests and hills and was often depicted as a huntress carrying a bow and arrows.^[1] The deer and the cypress were sacred to her. In later, Hellenistic times she even assumed the ancient role of Eileithyia in aiding childbirth. Artemis is the name of a Greek goddess; see Artemis. ... Download high resolution version (800x1230, 153 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Download high resolution version (800x1230, 153 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... The Diana of Versailles in the Louvre Galerie des Caryatides that was designed for it The Diana of Versailles is a slightly over lifesize[1] marble statue of the Greek goddess Artemis (latin: Diana), with a deer, located in the Musée du Louvre, Paris. ... Fresco from the Villa of the Mysteries. ... Sculptor redirects here. ... Leochares was an Greek sculptor, who lived in the 4th Century B.C. He is theorised as the creator of Apollo Belvedere, which is currently housed in Vatican City. ... The main courtyard of the Louvre. ... The bust of Zeus found at Otricoli (Sala Rotonda, Museo Pio-Clementino, Vatican) 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 of their own cult and ritual practices. ... The nominative case is a grammatical case for a noun. ... The genitive case is a grammatical case that indicates a relationship, primarily one of possession, between the noun in the genitive case and another noun. ... For other uses, see Zeus (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Leto (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Apollo (disambiguation). ... This article is about the ruminant animal. ... Species See text. ... Ilithyia was the Greek goddess of childbirth and midwives, daughter of Zeus and Hera. ...

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. She also became identified with the Roman goddess Diana^[3] and with the Etruscan goddess, Artume. ^[4] This article is about the Greek goddess. ... This article is about the race of Titans in Greek mythology. ... The Diana of Versailles In Roman mythology, Diana was the goddess of the hunt, in literature the equivalent of the Greek goddess Artemis, though in cult she was Italic in origin. ... The Etruscans were a race of unknown origin from North Italy who were eventually integrated into Rome. ...

Etymology

There may be some connection with the Greek αρτεμης = "safe and sound" from the root αρ = "to fit".^{[citation needed]} The ancient Greeks proposed many different ideas about the primordial gods in their mythology. ... This article is about the race of Titans in Greek mythology. ... The ancient Greeks had a very small number of see gods. ... For other uses, see Chthon (disambiguation). ... For the rock band, see Muse (band). ... Asclepius (Greek , transliterated AsklÄ“piós; Latin Aesculapius) is the demigod of medicine and healing in ancient Greek mythology. ... The Twelve Olympians by Monsiau, circa late 18th century. ... For other uses, see Zeus (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Hera (disambiguation). ... Neptune in Copenhagen, Denmark. ... For other uses, see Hermes (disambiguation). ... In Greek mythology, virginal Hestia,(Roman name, Vesta) daughter of Cronus and Rhea, (ancient Greek ) is the goddess of the hearth, of the right ordering of domesticity and the family, who received the first offering at every sacrifice in the household. ... This article is about the grain goddess Demeter. ... The Birth of Venus, (detail) by Sandro Botticelli, 1485 For other uses, see Aphrodite (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Athena (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Apollo (disambiguation). ... This article is about the ancient Greek god. ... Hephaestus (pronounced or ; Greek HÄ“phaistos) was a Greek god whose Roman equivalent was Vulcan; he was the god of technology, blacksmiths, craftsmen, artisans, sculptors, metals and metallurgy, and fire. ... 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

Artemis and Apollo. Terracotta, Myrina, ca. 25 BC/CE.

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. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 526 × 600 pixelsFull resolution‎ (1,640 × 1,870 pixels, file size: 1. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 526 × 600 pixelsFull resolution‎ (1,640 × 1,870 pixels, file size: 1. ... Terra cotta is a hard semifired waterproof ceramic clay used in pottery and building construction. ... Lemnos (mod. ... For other uses, see Zeus (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Leto (disambiguation). ...

An account by Callimachus has it that Hera forbade Leto to give birth on either terra firma (the mainland) or on an island. 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.^[5] Callimachus (Greek: , 310 BC/305 BC-240 BC) was a native of Cyrene, Libya. ... The island of Delos, Carl Anton Joseph Rottmann, 1847 The island of Delos (Greek: Δήλος, Dhilos), isolated in the centre of the roughly circular ring of islands called the Cyclades, near Mykonos, had a position as a holy sanctuary for a millennium before Olympian Greek mythology made it the birthplace of... Ortygia is an island in Greek mythology. ...

The myths also differ as to whether Artemis was born first, or Apollo. For further details, see Hera 5.2. For other uses, see Hera (disambiguation). ...

Bust of Artemis by Kephisodotos (4th century BC). Musei Capitolini, Rome, Italy.

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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.^[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. 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. 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. title page of the Rihel edition of ca. ... For other uses, see Hera (disambiguation). ... Callimachus (Greek: , 310 BC/305 BC-240 BC) was a native of Cyrene, Libya. ... In Greek mythology, a nymph is any member of a large class of female nature entities, either bound to a particular location or landform or joining the retinue of a god or goddess. ... For other uses, see Apollo (disambiguation). ...

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. 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. In Greek mythology, Cithaeron was beloved by Tisiphone, one of the Erinyes. ... Actaeon, sculpture group in the cascade at Caserta In Greek mythology, Actaeon (or Aktaion), son of Aristaeus and Autonoe in Boeotia, was a famous Theban hero, trained by the centaur Cheiron, who suffered the fatal wrath of Artemis (or her Roman counterpart Diana). ...

Adonis.

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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. For other uses of the name Adonis, see Adonis (disambiguation). ... Binomial name Linnaeus, 1758 The wild boar (Sus scrofa) is the wild ancestor of the domestic pig. ...

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. Therefore Artemis killed Adonis to avenge Hippolytus’s death. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

Orion

Orion was a hunting companion of the goddess Artemis. In some versions of his story he was killed by Artemis, while in others he was killed by a scorpion sent by Gaia. In some versions, Orion tried to rape Opis,^[8] one of her followers, and she killed him. In a version by Aratus,^[9] Orion took hold of Artemis' robe and she killed him in self-defense. 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. Not to be confused with Arion. ... This article is about the constellation. ... For other uses, see Gaia. ... Originally a Sabine goddess, Ops (plenty) was a fertility deity and earth-goddess in Roman mythology. ... Aratus (Greek Aratos) (ca. ... Self defense refers to actions taken by a person to defend onself, ones property or ones home. ... Gaius Julius Hyginus, (c. ...

Other stories

Callisto

Tizian's Diana and Callisto

Daughter of Lycaon, King of Arcadia. 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). 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. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (3176x2926, 704 KB) Description: Title: de: Diana und Kallisto Technique: de: Öl auf Leinwand Dimensions: de: 187 × 205 cm Country of origin: de: Italien Current location (city): de: Edinburgh Current location (gallery): de: National Gallery of Scotland Other notes: de: Auftraggeber... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (3176x2926, 704 KB) Description: Title: de: Diana und Kallisto Technique: de: Öl auf Leinwand Dimensions: de: 187 × 205 cm Country of origin: de: Italien Current location (city): de: Edinburgh Current location (gallery): de: National Gallery of Scotland Other notes: de: Auftraggeber... Titian. ... For other uses, see Ovid (disambiguation). ... Block quote :See also Ursa Minor Alpha a place in The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. ... This article is about the constellation. ...

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. When the Greek fleet was preparing at Aulis to depart for Troy to begin the Trojan War, Artemis becalmed the winds. The seer Calchis advised Agamemnon that the only way to appease Artemis was to sacrifice his daughter 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. 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. This article is about a character in Greek mythology. ... Sacred groves were a feature of the mythological landscape and the cult practice of Old Europe, of the most ancient levels of Scandinavian mythology, Greek mythology, Slavic mythology, Roman mythology, and in Druidic practice. ... In Greek mythology, Aulis was a daughter of King Ogyges and Thebe. ... For other uses of Troy or Ilion, see Troy (disambiguation) and Ilion (disambiguation). ... The fall of Troy, by Johann Georg Trautmann (1713–1769). ... In Greek mythology, Calchis was an oracle who told Agamemnon that he had angered Artemis and needed to sacrifice his daughter Iphigenia in order to leave Aulis for Troy to fight in the Trojan War. ... 112 Iphigenia is an asteroid. ... Clytemnestra trying to awake the Erinyes while her son is being purified by Apollo, Apulian red-figure krater, 480–470 BC, Louvre (Cp 710) After the murder (1882 painting) Clytemnestra (or Clytaemestra) ‘‘(Eng. ... Motto: ÐŸÑ€Ð¾Ñ†Ð²ÐµÑ‚ание в единстве(Russian) Protsvetanie v edinstve(transliteration) Prosperity in unity Anthem: ÐÐ¸Ð²Ñ‹ и горы твои волшебны, Родина(Russian) Nivy i gory tvoi volshebny, Rodina(transliteration) Your fields and mounts are wonderful, Motherland Location of Crimea (red) with respect to Ukraine (light blue). ... Human sacrifice is the act of killing a human being for the purposes of making an offering to a deity or other, normally supernatural, power. ...

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. 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. The gods themselves entombed them. For the ancient capital of Upper Egypt, see Thebes, Egypt. ... There are several characters named Amphion in Greek mythology: Amphion, son of Zeus and Antiope, and twin brother of Zethus (see Amphion and Zethus). ... Apollo and Artemis slaying the children of Niobe by Niobid Painter (c. ... A mortal woman in Greek mythology, Niobe, daughter of Tantalus and either Euryanassa, Eurythemista, Clytia, Dione, or Laodice, and the wife of Amphion, boasted of her superiority to Leto because she had fourteen children (Niobids), seven male and seven female, while Leto had only two. ... Achelous was often reduced to a bearded mask, an inspiration for the medieval Green Man. ...

Otus and Ephialtes

The Gigantes Otus and Ephialtes were sons of Poseidon. 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. 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. Gigantomachia: Dionysos attacking a Gigante, Attic red-figure pelike, ca. ... In Greek mythology, the Aloadae were Otus and Ephialtes or Ephialtis, sons of Iphimidea and Aloeus. ... In Greek mythology, the Aloadae or Aloadai were Otus and Ephialtes or Ephialtis, sons of Iphimedia (wife of Aloeus) and Poseidon. ... Neptune in Copenhagen, Denmark. ... Mount Olympus (Greek: ; also transliterated as Mount Ólympos, and on modern maps, Óros Ólimbos) is the highest mountain in Greece at 2,919 meters high (9,576 feet)[1]. Since its base is located at sea level, it is one of the highest mountains in Europe, in real absolute altitude... In Greek mythology, the Aloadae were Otus and Ephialtes or Ephialtis, sons of Iphimidea and Aloeus. ...

Bronze statue of Diana the huntress goddess, Jean-Antoine Houdon (1741-1828).

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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 the Macedonian king see Meleager (king). ... In Greek mythology, the Meleagrids were the daughters of Althaea and Oeneus, sisters of Meleager. ... Genera Agelastes Numida Guttera Acryllium The guineafowl are a family of birds in the same order as the pheasants, turkeys and other game birds. ...

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. 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. For other meanings, see Atalanta (disambiguation). ...

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. 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. The Calydonian Hunt shown on a Roman frieze (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford) The Calydonian Boar is one of a genre of chthonic monsters in Greek mythology, each set in a specific locale, which must 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 was a Calydonian king, son of Porthaon, husband of Althaea and father of Deianira, Meleager and Melanippe. ... There is also an ancient Tegea near Kissamos in the island of Crete, see Tegea, Crete Tegea was an important religious center of ancient Greek containing the Temple of Athena Alea. ...

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. 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. For other uses, see Apollo (disambiguation). ... title page of the Rihel edition of ca. ...

Worship of Artemis

Roman Temple of Artemis in Jerash, Jordan, built during the reign of Antoninus Pius.

Main article: Brauronia

Artemis, the goddess of forests and hills, was worshipped throughout ancient Greece.^[13]. Her best known cults were on the island of Delos (her birthplace); in Attica at Brauron and Mounikhia (near Piraeus); in Sparta. She was often depicted in paintings and statues in a forest setting, carrying a bow and arrows, and accompanied by a deer. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 533 pixelsFull resolution (1800 × 1200 pixel, file size: 2. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 533 pixelsFull resolution (1800 × 1200 pixel, file size: 2. ... Map of Jerash // Jerash, the Gerasa of Antiquity, is the capital and largest city of Jerash Governorate (محافظة جرش), which is situated in the north of Jordan, 48 km (30 miles) north of the capital Amman towards Syria. ... Titus Aurelius Fulvus Boionius Arrius Antoninus Pius (September 19, 86–March 7, 161) was Roman emperor from 138 to 161. ... Brauron (Greek, Ancient: Βραυρών, Modern: Βραυρώνα Vravrona or Vravronas) is an early sanctuary site on the east coast of Attica located between Markopoulo Mesogeias and Artemis (Loutsa). ... The term ancient Greece refers to the periods of Greek history in Classical Antiquity, lasting ca. ... In traditional usage, the cult of a religion, quite apart from its sacred writings (scriptures), its theology or myths, or the personal faith of its believers, is the totality of external religious practice and observance, the neglect of which is the definition of impiety. ... The island of Delos, Carl Anton Joseph Rottmann, 1847 The island of Delos (Greek: Δήλος, Dhilos), isolated in the centre of the roughly circular ring of islands called the Cyclades, near Mykonos, had a position as a holy sanctuary for a millennium before Olympian Greek mythology made it the birthplace of... Brauron is an early sanctuary site of Attica. ... It has been suggested that Kaminia (Piraeus), Greece be merged into this article or section. ... For modern day Sparta, see Sparti (municipality). ...

As Aeginaea, she was worshiped in Sparta; the name means either huntress of chamois, or the wielder of the javelin (αιγανέα).^[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.^[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. Strabo records another precinct of "Aetolian Artemos" at the head of the Adriatic.^[17] As Agoraea she was the protector of the agora. As Agrotera, she was especially associated as the patron goddess of hunters. In Athens Artemis was often associated with the local Aeginian goddess, Aphaea. As Potnia Theron, she was the patron of wild animals; Homer used this title. 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. She was sometimes identified by the name Phoebe, the feminine form of her brother Apollo's solar epithet Phoebus. For modern day Sparta, see Sparti (municipality). ... Binomial name Rupicapra rupicapra (Linnaeus, 1758) The chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra) is a large, goat-like animal that lives in the European Alps and Carpathians. ... Naupactus or Nafpaktos (Greek: , rarely Έπαχτος, Latin: ; Turkish: ; Italian, Spanish and Portuguese: Lepanto), is the second largest town in the prefecture of Aetolia-Acarnania, Greece, situated on a bay on the north side of the straits of Lepanto. ... Ozolian Locris in Central Greece, west of Attica, under the name Locride Ozolian Locris or Esperian Locris (Greek: Οζολία Λοκρίς ή Εσπερία Λοκρίς) was a district inhabited by the Ozolian Locrians a tribe of the Locrians, upon the Corinthian gulf, bounded on the north by Doris, on the east by Phocis, and on the west... The ancient Region of Aetolia, Greece 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: victory medal (niketerion) struck in Tarsus, 2nd c. ... A satellite image of the Adriatic Sea. ... Agoraea and Agoraeus (Gr. ... Stoa of the ancient agora de Thessaloniki An agora (αγορά), translatable as marketplace, was a public space and an essential part of an ancient Greek polis or city-state. ... Agrotera was an avatar of Artemis, and goddess of war. ... Aegina (Greek: Αίγινα (Egina)) is one of the Saronic Islands of Greece in the Saronic Gulf, 31 miles (50 km) from Athens. ... Temple of Aphaia on the island of Aegina. ... This article is about the Greek goddess. ... This article is about the Greek poet Homer and the works attributed to him. ... Please wikify (format) this article or section as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... The island of Delos, Carl Anton Joseph Rottmann, 1847 The island of Delos (Greek: Δήλος, Dhilos), isolated in the centre of the roughly circular ring of islands called the Cyclades, near Mykonos, had a position as a holy sanctuary for a millennium before Olympian Greek mythology made it the birthplace of... For the Greek mythological figures see Euboea Euboea, or Negropont or Negroponte (Modern Greek: Εύβοια Évia, Ancient Greek Eúboia), is the second largest of the Greek Aegean Islands and the second largest Greek island overall in area and population (after Crete). ... Phoebus is the Latin form of Greek Phoibos Shining-one, a by-name used in classical mythology for the god Apollo. ...

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 encompasses related military operations, usually conducted by a defense or fighting force, directed at gaining a particular desired state of affairs, usually within geographical and temporal limitations. ...

Athenian festivals in honor of Artemis included Elaphebolia, Mounikhia, Kharisteria, and Brauronia. The festival of Artemis Orthia was observed in Sparta. Elaphebolia (Έλαφηβόλια) was an ancient Greek festival held at Athens and Phocis during the month Elaphebolion (winter) dedicated to Artemis Elaphebolos (deer slayer). ... Mounichia (Μουνιχιας) was an ancient Greek festival held on 16th of the month Mounichion (spring) in the honor of Artemis Mounichia. ... Brauron (Greek, Ancient: Βραυρών, Modern: Βραυρώνα Vravrona or Vravronas) is an early sanctuary site on the east coast of Attica located between Markopoulo Mesogeias and Artemis (Loutsa). ... Orientation map for the Sanctuary of Artemis Orthia The Sanctuary of Artemis Orthia was one of the most important religious sites in the Greek city of Sparta[1]. // The Sanctuary The cult of Orthia was common in the four villages originally constituting Sparta: Limnai, Pitana, Kynosoura and Mesoa. ... For modern day Sparta, see Sparti (municipality). ...

Sanctuary of Artemis at Brauron.

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. Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... Brauron is an early sanctuary site of Attica. ...

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. During the Classical period in Athens, she was identified with Hecate. Artemis also assimilated Caryatis (Carya). Ilithyia—the Latin spelling—or more usually Eileithyia, was the Cretan goddess whom Greek mythology adapted as the goddess of childbirth and midwiving, and whom the relentlessly patrilineal Hesiod even described as a daughter of Zeus and Hera (Theogony 921)—and Apollodorus and Diodorus Siculus (5. ... Classical antiquity is a broad term for a long period of cultural history centered on the Mediterranean Sea, which begins roughly with the earliest-recorded Greek poetry of Homer (7th century BC), and continues through the rise of Christianity and the fall of the Western Roman Empire (5th century AD... This article is about the capital of Greece. ... For other uses, see Hecate (disambiguation). ... In pre-classical Greek mythology, Caryatis was the goddess of the walnut tree. ... In ancient Greek religion Artemis Caryatis[1] was an epithet of Artemis, that was derived from the city of Karyae in Laconia; there an archaic open-air temenos was dedicated to Carya, the Lady of the Nut-Tree. ...

Artemis in art

Fourth century Praxitelean bronze head of a goddess wearing a lunate crown, found at Issa (Vis, Croatia)

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. This winged Artemis lingered in ex-votos as Artemis Orthia, with a sanctuary close by Sparta. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixelsFull resolution‎ (1,200 × 1,600 pixels, file size: 323 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixelsFull resolution‎ (1,200 × 1,600 pixels, file size: 323 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... Praxiteles of Athens, the son of Cephisodotus, was the greatest of the Attic sculptors of the 4th century BC, who has left an imperishable mark on the history of art. ... Lunate is a term meaning crescent or moon-shaped. ... Vis can refer to: Vis, a type of Polish handgun, after the Polish word for power in Latin Vis, an island in the Adriatic Vis, town and municipality on the aforementioned island See also: VIS This is a disambiguation page — a list of articles associated with the same title. ... This article is about the Greek goddess. ... Orientation map for the Sanctuary of Artemis Orthia The Sanctuary of Artemis Orthia was one of the most important religious sites in the Greek city of Sparta[1]. // The Sanctuary The cult of Orthia was common in the four villages originally constituting Sparta: Limnai, Pitana, Kynosoura and Mesoa. ... For modern day Sparta, see Sparti (municipality). ...

In Greek classical art she is usually portrayed as a maiden huntress clothed in a girl's short skirt,^[18] with hunting boots, a quiver, a bow^[19] and arrows. Often she is shown in the shooting pose, and is accompanied by a hunting dog or stag. 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. A hunting dog refers to any dog who assists humans in hunting, or whose breed was originally developed to do so. ... Apollo and Artemis slaying the children of Niobe by Niobid Painter (c. ...

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;^{[citation needed]} as a goddess of light a pair of flaming torches. “Lyres” redirects here. ...

Only in post-Classical art do we find representations of Artemis-Diana with the crown of the crescent moon, as Luna. 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. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article is about Earths moon. ... This page is on the Greek goddess. ...

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 $25.5 million. Sothebys (NYSE: BID) is the worlds second oldest auction house in continuous operation (the oldest being Stockholms Auktionsverk founded in 1674). ... view from Elmwood Avenue The Albright-Knox Art Gallery is a major showplace for modern art and contemporary art located in Buffalo, New York. ...

Artemis as the Lady of Ephesus

Main article: Temple of Artemis

Ruins of the temple of Artemis at Ephesus

At Ephesus, her temple became one of the Seven Wonders of the World. 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. 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. The site of the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus in Turkey. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1600x1200, 405 KB) Temple of Artemis, Ephesus, Turkey Source: en:Image:Ac. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1600x1200, 405 KB) Temple of Artemis, Ephesus, Turkey Source: en:Image:Ac. ... For other uses, see Wonders of the World (disambiguation). ... Interpretatio graeca is a Latin term for the common tendency of ancient Greek writers to equate foreign divinities to members of their own pantheon. ... A fountain in Madrid depicting Cybele in her chariot drawn by lions, in the Plaza de Cibeles Originally a Phrygian goddess, Cybele (Greek: Κυβέλη) was a deification of the Earth Mother who was worshipped in Anatolia from Neolithic times. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Accessory breasts, also known as polymastia, supernumerary breasts, or mammae erraticae, is the condition of having an additional breast. ... For other uses, see Amber (disambiguation). ... Xoanon Publishing was founded in 1992 e. ...

In Ionia (Turkey), the "Lady of Ephesus," a goddess whom the Anatolians identified with Artemis, was a principal deity. Her temple at Ephesus, an ancient Greek city located in the western part of Turkey, was one of the Seven Wonders of the World. 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). Location of Ionia Ionia (Greek Ιωνία; see also list of traditional Greek place names) was an ancient region of southwestern coastal Anatolia (in present-day Turkey, the region nearest Ä°zmir,) on the Aegean Sea. ... This article is about two nested areas of Turkey, a plateau region within a peninsula. ... The site of the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus in Turkey. ... For the literature genre, see Acts of the Apostles (genre). ... King James Version redirects here. ...

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 planets, or asteroids or planetoids, are minor celestial bodies of the Solar system orbiting the Sun (mostly Small solar system bodies) that are smaller than major planets, but larger than meteoroids (commonly defined as being 10 meters across or less[1]), and that are not comets. ... 105 Artemis is a large main belt asteroid. ... 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. ...

References

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Sources

• Burkert, Walter, 1985. Greek Religion (Cambridge:Harvard University Press)
• Graves, Robert (1955) 1960. The Greek Myths (Penguin)
• Kerenyi, Karl, 1951. The Gods of the Greeks
• Telenius, Seppo (2005) 2006. Athena-Artemis (Helsinki: Kirja kerrallaan)

Walter Burkert (born Neuendettelsau (Bavaria), February 2, 1931), the most eminent living scholar of Greek myth and cult, is an emeritus professor of classics at the University of Zurich, Switzerland who has also taught in the United Kingdom and the United States. ... Robert von Ranke Graves (24 July 1895 – 7 December 1985) was an English poet, scholar, and novelist. ... One of the founders of modern studies in Greek mythology, Karl (Carl, Károly) Kerényi (January 19, 1897 - April 14, 1973) was born in Hungary but became a citizen of Switzerland in 1943. ... Seppo Sakari Telenius was born on February 16th, 1954, in Porvoo, Finland. ...

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• 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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