- Also known as
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Artemis/Diana
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primary name: Artemis/Diana
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other name: Artemis Orthia
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other name: Artemis Paralia
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other name: Artemis
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other name: Diana Ephesia
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other name: Diana Lucifera
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other name: Diana Nemorensis
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other name: Diana
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other name: Phoebe
- Details
- individual; deity; Greek; Roman; Female
- Biography
- One of the twelve Olympian gods; daughter of Zeus/Jupiter (q.v.) and Leto/Latona (q.v.); twin sister of Apollo (q.v.); a virgin huntress; symbol of chastity and protector of wildlife, also associated with helping women at childbirth; she later became identified with the moon-goddess, Selene/Luna (q.v.) and is sometimes associated with the goddess of the Underworld, Hecate (q.v.).
- Bibliography
- Budin, S. 2016, Artemis. Gods and heroes of the ancient world (London and New York: Routledge).
Fischer-Hansen, T. and Poulsen, B. (eds) 2009, From Artemis to Diana. The goddess of man and beast. Acta Hyperborea 12 (Copenhagen: Museum Tusculum Press, University of Copenhagen).
Fleischer, R. 1973, Artemis von Ephesos und verwandte Kultstatuen aus Anatolen und Syrien (Leiden: Brill).
Larson, J. 2007, Ancient Greek cults. A guide (London and New York: Routledge), 101-113.
Léger, R. 2017, Artemis and her cult (Oxford: Archaeopress).
Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae (LIMC),1984, II,1, 618-855.
