Apollowasthegodofthesun,music,poetryandprophecy,whilehistwinsisterArtemis(Diana)was thegoddessof themoonandthechase. 太阳神阿波罗主管音乐、诗歌和预言,而他的孪生妹妹阿耳忒弥斯(狄安娜)则是月亮和狩猎女神。 dict.ebigear.com 7. Iphigeniawasplacedbefore thegoddess'altarbutArtemistookherawayat thelastminut...
"Skamandrios, the fine huntsman of beasts [was killed by Menelaus]. Artemis herself had taught him to strike down every wild thing that grows in the mountain forest. Yet Artemis of the showering arrows (iokheaira) could not now help him, no, nor the long spearcasts in which he had b...
Artemis was the daughter of Leto (the original goddess of the moon) and Zeus (the king of the gods and the god of storms and the sky). Hera (the wife of Zeus and goddess of marriage) found out about Leto and Zeus before Artemis was born and became angry. She forced every scrap of...
Artemis was a daughter of Zeus, King of the Gods, and the Titaness Leto and the twin-sister of the god Apollon (Apollo). Her mother was hounded by Zeus' jealous wife Hera throughout her pregnancy and was forced to wander the world in search of safe refuge. She was the first of the...
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Artemis became associated with the moon (σεληνη,selene), while Apollo was typically solar (ηλιος,helios). She was the protector of young sucking animals, which is significant in thatEgyptianmythology considered the rising sun as the "calf" of the heavenly cow Hathor (see our ...
respected as the moon-goddess.Sitting in an airy carriage drawn by milk white horses,“the queen of wide air” gave off silver light all over the sleeping world below.Though she remained single all her life,the maiden heart of the goddess was at least for once excited as she saw the ...
Artemis is the Olympian goddess of the hunt, the moon, and chastity; in time, she also became associated with childbirth and nature. No more than few days old, she helped her mother Leto give birth to her twin brother Apollo. Artemis was very protective of her and her priestesses’ ...
Alpheus, a river god, was in love with Artemis, but he realizes that he can do nothing to win her heart. So he decides to capture her. Artemis, who is with her companions at Letrenoi, goes to Alpheus, but, suspicious of his motives, she covers her face with mud so that the river...
She and her twin brother, the sun god Apollo, are the children of Zeus and Leto.Artemis is an expert archer and bears the title "Lady of the Long Arrow." The arrows she shot were said to kill their targets painlessly. Strong-willed, she was also given to pitiless acts of cruelty.In...