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Definition of Artemis
1. Noun. (Greek mythology) the virgin goddess of the hunt and the Moon; daughter of Leto and twin sister of Apollo; identified with Roman Diana.
Definition of Artemis
1. Proper noun. (Greek god) The daughter of Leto and Zeus, and twin sister of Apollo. The goddess of the hunt, wild animals, and wilderness,''Oxford Dictionary of World Mythology'', Arthur Cotterell, Oxford University Press, 1986 and healing, chastity, and childbirth. ¹
2. Proper noun. (qualifier rare) (Ancient Greek female given name). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
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Literary usage of Artemis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"The idea of Artemis as a virgin goddess, the " queen and ... Another view of the
original character of Artemis, which has found much support in modern times ..."
2. The Cults of the Greek States by Lewis Richard Farnell (1907)
"Among temple- monuments we can only mention the group of Artemis, ... Leto, Apollo
and Artemis b, and on another relief of good fifth-century work in the ..."
3. Greek and Roman [mythology] by William Sherwood Fox (1916)
"In Homer she was already held to be the mother of Apollo and Artemis, and, in
more than a transient sense, the spouse of Zeus. When Aineias was wounded, ..."
4. The Mythology of All Races by John Arnott MacCulloch, Louis Herbert Gray, George Foot Moore, Alice Werner (1916)
"Although Artemis enjoyed a pan- Hellenic cult, the oldest Hellenic conception of
... Artemis in Homer. — Artemis takes next to no part in the action of the ..."
5. Greek and Roman [mythology] by William Sherwood Fox (1916)
"Although Artemis enjoyed a pan- Hellenic cult, the oldest Hellenic conception of
... The Artemis of Ephesos, for instance, is a hybrid of the Great Mother, ..."
6. A Handbook of Greek Religion by Arthur Fairbanks (1910)
"We may begin with the cults of Artemis in the vicinity of Athens. ... On the
Acropolis itself was a branch of the worship of Artemis ..."
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