Artemis: Artemis, The Olympian Woman
Family:
Daughter of Zeus (god of the sky) and Leto ( goddess of motherhood), twin sister of Apollo (god of music).
Birth:
Artemis was born on the island of Delos, where her mother Leto found refuge after being hunted by Zeus’ lawful wife Hera (goddess of marriage). She assisted her mother Leto in giving birth to her younger twin brother Apollo.
Description:
Artemis was the Olympian goddess of hunting, the wilderness, and wild animals. She was also a goddess of childbirth, virginity, and protector of young girls, bringing, and relieving disease in women. The deer and the cypress were sacred to her. Artemis asked her father Zeus to grant her eternal virginity, she never gave in to any potential lovers. Artemis was devoted to hunting and nature.
In the myth of Actaeon (Theban hero), Artemis’ hunting partner, he saw the goddess naked while bathing in the spring and tried to violate her. Artemis punished Actaeon by turning him into a deer and his hounds slaughtered him.
Appearance:
The eternally young woman, beautiful, and active. Artemis carried a silver bow with gold arrows, the same as her twin Apollo. She kept her brown colored hair in a braid. Artemis also wore a white and green toga and kept a deer or fowl by her side.
Facts:
- A temple was built in Ephesus in her honor, which became one of the “Seven Wonders of the Ancient World”.
- Apollo and Artemis teamed up to kill the children of Niobe. Niobe bragged that she had birthed more children than Leto. The twins then hunted her children and killed them with their bows and arrows. Niobe cried so much that she turned into a pillar of salt.
Appearance:
Demeter was described as a mature woman, wearing a crown, and carrying sheafs of wheat, or a cornucopia (horn of plenty), and a torch.
Facts:
-The snake and the pig were sacred to her.
-Men called Demeter the “Good Goddess” despite the desolate land she had brought to them because of her grief.
Daughter of Zeus (god of the sky) and Leto ( goddess of motherhood), twin sister of Apollo (god of music).
Birth:
Artemis was born on the island of Delos, where her mother Leto found refuge after being hunted by Zeus’ lawful wife Hera (goddess of marriage). She assisted her mother Leto in giving birth to her younger twin brother Apollo.
Description:
Artemis was the Olympian goddess of hunting, the wilderness, and wild animals. She was also a goddess of childbirth, virginity, and protector of young girls, bringing, and relieving disease in women. The deer and the cypress were sacred to her. Artemis asked her father Zeus to grant her eternal virginity, she never gave in to any potential lovers. Artemis was devoted to hunting and nature.
In the myth of Actaeon (Theban hero), Artemis’ hunting partner, he saw the goddess naked while bathing in the spring and tried to violate her. Artemis punished Actaeon by turning him into a deer and his hounds slaughtered him.
Appearance:
The eternally young woman, beautiful, and active. Artemis carried a silver bow with gold arrows, the same as her twin Apollo. She kept her brown colored hair in a braid. Artemis also wore a white and green toga and kept a deer or fowl by her side.
Facts:
- A temple was built in Ephesus in her honor, which became one of the “Seven Wonders of the Ancient World”.
- Apollo and Artemis teamed up to kill the children of Niobe. Niobe bragged that she had birthed more children than Leto. The twins then hunted her children and killed them with their bows and arrows. Niobe cried so much that she turned into a pillar of salt.
Appearance:
Demeter was described as a mature woman, wearing a crown, and carrying sheafs of wheat, or a cornucopia (horn of plenty), and a torch.
Facts:
-The snake and the pig were sacred to her.
-Men called Demeter the “Good Goddess” despite the desolate land she had brought to them because of her grief.