ДЄccording to Callimachus, Hera, angry with her husband Zeus for impregnating Leto, forbade her from giving birth on either terra firma (the mainland) or on an island, but the island of Delos disobeyed and allowed Leto to give birth there. In some sources, she is born at the same time as Apollo, in others, earlier or later. However, in terms of parentage, all accounts agree that she was the daughter of Zeus and Leto and that she was the twin sister of Apollo. Various conflicting accounts are given in Classical Greek mythology regarding the birth of Artemis and Apollo, her twin brother.

Roman marble Bust of Artemis after Kephisodotos ( Musei Capitolini), Rome. 'safe', 'unharmed', 'uninjured', 'pure', 'the stainless maiden'. 'butcher' or, like Plato did in Cratylus, to бјЂПЃП„ОµОјО®П‚, artemбё—s, i.e. ДЄncient Greek writers, by way of folk etymology, and some modern scholars, have linked Artemis (Doric Artamis) to бј„ПЃП„О±ОјОїП‚, artamos, i.e. Anton Goebel 'suggests the root ПѓП„ПЃО±П„ or бїҐО±П„, 'to shake', and makes Artemis mean the thrower of the dart or the shooter'. Charles Anthon argued that the primitive root of the name is probably of Persian origin from * arta, * art, * arte, all meaning 'great, excellent, holy', thus Artemis 'becomes identical with the great mother of Nature, even as she was worshipped at Ephesus'. Jablonski, the name is also Phrygian and could be 'compared with the royal appellation Artemas of Xenophon. While connection with Anatolian names has been suggested, the earliest attested forms of the name Artemis are the Mycenaean Greek рђЂЂрђЂірђЂ–рђЂµ, a-te-mi-to /Artemitos/ ( gen.) and рђЂЂрђЂґрђЂ–рђЂі, a-ti-mi-te /Artimitei/ ( dat.), written in Linear B at Pylos. It is believed that a precursor of Artemis was worshipped in Minoan Crete as the goddess of mountains and hunting, Britomartis. The name may be possibly related to Greek ГЎrktos ' bear' (from PIE * hв‚‚Е•МҐtбё±os), supported by the bear cult the goddess had in Attica ( Brauronia) and the Neolithic remains at the Arkoudiotissa Cave, as well as the story of Callisto, which was originally about Artemis ( Arcadian epithet kallisto) this cult was a survival of very old totemic and shamanistic rituals and formed part of a larger bear cult found further afield in other Indo-European cultures (e.g., Gaulish Artio). Georgios Babiniotis, while accepting that the etymology is unknown, also states that the name is already attested in Mycenean Greek and is possibly of Pre-Greek origin. Artemis was venerated in Lydia as Artimus. Beekes suggested that the e/ i interchange points to a Pre-Greek origin. The name Artemis ( noun, feminine) is of unknown or uncertain etymology, although various sources have been proposed.

2.12 Atalanta, Oeneus and the Meleagrids.

Diana, her Roman equivalent, was especially worshipped on the Aventine Hill in Rome, near Lake Nemi in the Alban Hills, and in Campania. Artemis' symbols included a bow and arrow, a quiver, and hunting knives, and the deer and the cypress were sacred to her. Much like Athena and Hestia, Artemis preferred to remain a maiden and was sworn never to marry.ДЄrtemis was one of the most widely venerated of the Ancient Greek deities, and her temple at Ephesus was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Artemis was worshipped as one of the primary goddesses of childbirth and midwifery along with Eileithyia. She was the patron and protector of young children and women, and was believed to both bring disease upon women and children and relieve them of it. The goddess Diana is her Roman equivalent.ДЄrtemis is the daughter of Zeus and Leto, and the twin sister of Apollo. Antique fresco from Pompeii.ДЄrtemis ( / Л€ Й‘Лђr t ЙЄ m ЙЄ s/ Greek: бјЊПЃП„ОµОјО№П‚ Artemis, Attic Greek: ) is the Greek goddess of the hunt, the wilderness, wild animals, the Moon, and chastity. Artemis (seated and wearing a radiate crown), the beautiful nymph Callisto (left), Eros and other nymphs.

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