Artemisnoun
/ˈɑː.tɪ.mɪs//ˈɑːr.t̬ə.mɪs/in Greek mythology (= ancient stories), a goddess (= female god) who is usually shown as a hunter with a bow and arrows:
the Temple of Artemis
See also
Diana
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- Archaeologists found two statues of Artemis.
- Daphne was a hunter who dedicated herself to Artemis, goddess of the hunt, and, like the goddess, refused to marry.
- He came upon Artemis, the goddess of chastity, while she was bathing.
- The play shows Agamemnon's struggle after the goddess Artemis decrees that his fleet will not have a favourable wind to sail to Troy until he sacrifices his daughter, Iphigenia.
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