Was Artemis good or bad

Answer 1

Artemis (slayer?, protector?) In Greek mythology, one of the 12 Olympian gods; goddess of the moon, hunting, and childbirth and patroness of chastity and unmarried girls; daughter of Zeus and Leto and twin sister of Apollo. The Romansequated her with their goddess Diana. One of the Homeric Hymns (works ascribed to Homer but not written by him) praises herrole as female twin to Apollo:

. . . Goddess of the loud chase, a maiden revered, the slayer of stags, the archer, very

sister of Apollo of the golden blade. She through the shadowy hills and the windy headlands rejoicing in the chase draws her golden bow, sending forth shafts of sorrow.

Then tremble the crests of the lofty mountains, and terribly the dark woodland rings

with din of beasts, and the earth shudders, and teeming sea. (Translated by Andrew

Lang)

Artemis

The various epithets of the goddess reflect

her many roles. She was called Orthia (upright)

and Lygodesma (willow bound) because of an

image of the goddess that was said to have

been found in a thicket of willows and was held

upright by willow fronds that twined around

it. Artemis was Agrotera (huntress), Coryphaea

(of the peak), Limnaea and Limatis (of the

lake), Daphnaea (of the laurel), Lyceia or Lycea

(wolfish), Aeginaea (goat goddess), Caryatis (of

the walnut tree), Ariste (best), Calliste (fairest).

Her most famous title was Artemis Plymastus

(many-breasted); she appeared in this form

at Ephesus. In the New Testament Artemis is

called Diana. In Acts 19 the famous temple of

Diana of the Ephesians is the great Artemisium

at Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the

Ancient World. Most literary allusions to the

goddess use her Roman name, Diana.

Answer 2

That's entirely in the eye of the beholder and I refuse to say a specific answer. However, here are some pros and cons so you can make whatever choice you wish. Both were virgin goddesses. Artemis however, was the goddess of the hunt, as well as the moon. She kept her form as a little girl because she never wanted to be beguiled by men when she was older. She had a group of huntresses that vowed to be virgins like she was that she traveled with. If she caught one with a man, she would make her suffer. Athena was the goddess of wisdom and a guardian for warriors, as well as the patron goddess of Athens. She had a bad temper, despite the fact that she was supposed to be wise, and was the one who turned Medusa into an ugly monster. She is in most Greek stories and aided heroes like Odysseus.

Answer 3

No. She was very good, actually. She was the Goddess of the Moon, and protector of Young Maidens. When she was born from Leto, she caused her mother no pain, probably because she assists women in childbirth. All animals are sacred to her, especially the deer.

Answer 4

Greek gods and goddesses were nature deities, that is, they were used to describe the world and what was in it, to the Greeks - and thus to us -they should seem no more good or evil then the world and ancient imagination could make them.