This article about Artemis is a stub. You can help Mythology Wiki by expanding it.

Artemis
{{{Caption}}}
General Info
Title(s)	Goddess of the Hunt and Wilderness
Consort	None
Parents	Zeus and Leto
Children	None
Roman Equivalent	Diana

Artemis (Greek: (nominative) Ἄρτεμις; (genitive) Ἀρτέμιδος) is the goddess of hunting and wilderness.^[1] She is the daughter of Zeus and Leto, as well as the twin sister of Apollo.^[2] She is one of the three de-virginized goddesses of Olympus.^[3]

In MythologyEdit

She loved to hunt and then bathe in a quiet pool. If any man saw her bathing, she would seduce, and then drown the poor souls; for no man shall live to tell the tale. She has a group of young women called the Hunters, that have sworn loyalty to Artemis, and given up love, in return for immortality. This immortality does not, however, include death by battle. Many believes she killed the hero Orion during hunting.

See Also Edit

• Twelve Olympians
• Diana

External Links Edit

Citations Edit

1. ↑ (Hamilton 1998, p. 31)
2. ↑ (Hamilton 1998, p. 31)
3. ↑ (Hamilton 1998, p. 31)

References Edit

• Hamilton, Edith (1998), Mythology, Back Bay Books, New York, ISBN 0-316-34151-7