The most famous story involves Orion, a long-time hunting companion of hers. In fact, he may as well have been Artemis’ only love interest. However, when he tried taking off Artemis’ robe, the goddess killed him. Others say that Orion was actually killed by a scorpion sent by Gaea ...
2. 3 (trans. Oldfather) (Greek historian C1st B.C.) : "And both Athene and Artemis, the myth goes on to say, who had made the same choice of maidenhood as had Kore and were reared together with her [on the island of Sicily], joined with her in gathering the flowers, and all...
Callimachus, Hymn 3 to Artemis (trans. Mair) (Greek poet C3rd B.C.) : "Of Artemis we hymn--no light thing is it for singers to forget her - whose study is the bow and the shooting of hares and the spacious dance and sport upon the mountains. [The story of her birth and ...
31. 1 (trans. Jones) (Greek travelogue C2nd A.D.) : "At Zoster [in Attika] is an altar . . . to Apollon, to Artemis and to Leto. The story is that Leto did not give birth to her children here, but loosened her girdle with a view to her delivery [on her way to Delos],...
Many Greek and Roman myths include different versions or endings in regard to the story of Artemis. According to Greek mythology, Artemis was born on the island of either Ortygia or Delos. Her mother Leto was forced to go to an island to give birth to Artemis and her twin brother Apollo ...
The myth echoes that of her half-sister Iphigeneia, above.ARTEMIS FAVOUR : DAPHNELOCALE : Lakedaimonia & Arkadia (Southern Greece)Parthenius, Love Romances 15 (trans. Gaselee) (Greek poet C1st B.C.) : "This is how the story of Daphne, the daughter of Amyklas, is related. She used...
The palm tree was sacred to Leto as well as to her children Apollon and Artemis, for it was connected with the story of their birth. Pausanias, Description of Greece 9. 19. 6 (trans. Jones) (Greek travelogue C2nd A.D.) : "In front of the sanctuary [of Artemis at Aulis, Boiotia...
In some versions of the story of Adonis, who was a late addition to Greek mythology during the Hellenistic period, Artemis sent a wild boar to kill Adonis as punishment for his hubristic boast that he was a better hunter than she.
Stream Artemis free online. Artemis is a lesbian retelling of the Greek myth of Artemis, the Goddess of the hunt. The beloved daughter of almighty Zeus and Titaness Leto, Artemis was born through passion and blessed with gifts. No goddess had more freedo
•ShewasoncebathinginavaleonMountCithaeron,whentheThebanprinceandhunterActaeonstumbledacrossher.OneversionofthisstorysaysthatActaeonhidinthebushesandspiedonherasshecontinuedtobathe;shewasenragedtodiscoverthespyandturnedhimintoastagwhichwaspursuedandkilledbyhisownhounds.•Alternatively,anotherversionstatesthatActaeon...