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Artemis (Diana)
Artemis was the Greek goddess of hunting, childbirth, and wildlife. She was the twin sister of the god Apollo, and was one of the virgin goddesses. In Roman mythology, she was known as Diana.
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Who revered Artemis but spurned Aphrodite?
According to some sources, Hippolytus had scorned Aphrodite in order to become a devotee of Artemis, devoting himself to a chaste life in pursuit of hunting. In retaliation, Aphrodite made Phaedra fall in love with him. Hippolytus' rejection of Phaedra led to his death in a fall from a chariot.
What was Artemis in charge of the Greek gods?
The moon, hunting, wild animals- especially deer, and the cypress tree
What did Artemis save the nymph Arethusa from?
Arethusa was a follower of Artemis who vowed chastity like the goddess. One day, the river-god named Alpheus fell in love with her and started to chase her. He was about to catch her but, she called to Artemis for help. The goddess changed her into a stream. Alpheus then turned himself into a river and attempted to mingle his waters with the stream. Before he could do so, Artemis dammed him up and left him in thwarted flood.
Does the goddess Diana's falcon have a name?
No, it did not, it was likely a symbol to recall the memory of a myth which featured Diana.
What was the Greek goddess Artemis named after?
- Artemis Fowl series, a series of books
- Artemis Fowl II, main protagonist of the above
- Artemis (Sailor Moon), a character in the anime Sailor Moon
- Artemis (comics), several characters found in comic books
- Artemis (television series), an American fantasy show
- Artemis Entreri, an assassin in the Forgotten Realmsuniverse, created by R. A. Salvatore
- Artemis (Transformers), a character in the anime series Beast Wars Second.
- Artemis Chasma, a large chasma or depression on Venus
- Artemis Corona, the largest corona on Venus
- Artemis (crater), a lunar crater
- 105 Artemis, an asteroid
- Another name for DCLRE1C, a human gene
- Artemis Project, a private venture to establish a lunar community
- Artemis (analysis software), a multi-channel analysis software for acoustic and vibration analysis from HEAD acoustics
- Artemis (software), a software package for project management
- Artemis (satellite), a geostationary communications satellite
- ARTEMIS (satellite payload), a hyperspectral imager aboard the TacSat-3 satellite.
- Artemis (DNA software), a DNA sequencing and analysis software program
- Generic!Artemis, a computer virus
- Project ARTEMIS, a 1960s U.S. Navy project to produce a long-range sonar system
- Operation Artemis, a 2003 military operation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Artemis 30, an anti-aircraft gun
- USAT Artemis, later USS Artemis (ID-2187) and SS Artimis
- SS Artemis, a number of steamships with this name
- MS Artemis, a cruise ship
- Artemis (brothel), a large brothel in Berlin, Germany
- Artemis (pet food), a manufacturer of holistic pet food
- Artemis Records, an independent record label
- HTC Artemis, a Windows Mobile PDA/phone
Why is Artemis' symbol a stag?
She is goddess of the Hunt and forest animals, so it would make sense her symbol is a stag. A stag is a forest animal that is commonly hunted.
Is Kassi a demigod of Artemis?
No. Since Artemis is a virgin goddess, she can't have any demigod children.
Orion is said to have been appealing to look upon, and able to manipulate water.
Why compare Penelope to Artemis or golden Aphrodite when she comes down the stairs?
When Homer is comparing Penelope to Artemis and Aphrodite in the Odyssey, he means she looks like Artemis in chastity and like Aphrodite in beauty.
How Artemis relates to renaissance?
It was in the Renaissance that Diana, the Roman goddess of wilderness, hunting, and the moon and virginity, near merged with Artemis the Greek goddess, further confusing Greek myth they confused Artemis with the Titan goddesses - Eos the dawn goddess and Selene the moon. Yet they were a great and obvious inspiration to the Renaissance.
Did Hephaestus make artemi's bow and arrow?
Callimachus makes mention that the Cyclops were charged by Artemis to build her bow and arrows.
Why do Selene and Artemis stand by each other?
Selene and Artemis are both goddesses of the moon. Another goddess that could stand with them id Hecate. Artemis, Selene and Hecate are the Triple Moon Goddesses. Artemis is the crescent moon, Hecate is the new moon and dark side of the moon, and Selene is everything in between.
What are Artemis' colors and what do they mean?
The colors of the goddess Artemis are silver and green. Silver represents her association with the moon and green represents her association with the forests and the wild.
What is the male equivalent of the name Artemis?
in the Latin language, the male version of Artemis is Artemus. a friend of mine is named Artemio, which is the Italian evolution of Artemus.
How much did Greek goddess Artemis weigh?
Artemis was depicted as slender, so she was about the average weight of a young women.
Since the Greeks did not have any way to weigh themselves, they would not think to think of an exact measure for their gods. So we can not know her exact weight.
Why did Artemis and Apollo kill niobes children?
Niobe insulted their mother, Leto in saying during one of Leto's festivals that she was as worthy of worship as Leto for being mother to seven sons and seven daughters while Leto had only one son and one daughter; in punishment for this boast, Leto had her children kill all of Niobe's (or all but one daughter and one son).
The goddess Artemis did not have a spouse. She was a virgin goddess.
Why would the Romans worship Diana?
Diana was a Roman Goddess, of the moon, wilderness, and the hunt.
When a bow is pulled back with the arrow in place, elastic potential energy is stored in the bow and thus arrow. When released, all that potential energy is converted into kinetic energy. EPE=KE. Since you know the "pounds" of the bow, the weight of the arrow, and how high the arrow is from the ground you can calculate the an arrows range assuming it is parallel to the ground. Derivation: KE= .5 X Mass X Velocity^2 Distance= Velocity X Time Time the Arrow is in Flight= [( vertical distance x 2)/ (32 ft/sec^s)]^(1/2)
