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The Divine Atlas ★
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Artemis
Ἄρτεμις
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DEITY · War
Artemis
Artemis of Ephesus · Musei Capitolini, Rome · CC BY-SA 4.0
PWR7
Rare
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Goddess of the hunt, wild animals, and (in later association) the moon; twin of Apollo; protector of young women.[S4] [S5] [S6]
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The Divine Atlas
War · greek pantheon
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Artemis (Diana) is the goddess of the hunt, wild animals, and the wilderness, and the protector of young girls and of childbirth (she is a midwife-goddess in some cults) [S4][S5][S6]. Twin of Apollo, daughter of Zeus and Leto, she asked Zeus for eternal virginity and for the gifts of the hunt [S4][S5]. In later (Hellenistic/Roman) association she was linked to the moon (a development parallel to Apollo's link to the sun) [S4][S5]. She is a powerful, sometimes vengeful goddess: Actaeon was turned into a stag and torn by his own hounds for seeing her bathing; Orion was punished for his arrogance; Arachne was transformed for her hubristic weaving [S4][S5]. Her great sanctuary was at Ephesus (the Temple of Artemis, one of the Seven Wonders) and at Brauron in Attica [S6].

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The Divine Atlas — a museum of the world's divine imaginationSix galleries: Japanese · Greek · Norse · Egyptian · Slavic · MesopotamianEvery nontrivial claim carries a source. Uncertainties are preserved, not resolved.Artwork: public domain / open license, always attributed.