Artemis
Published on Nov 22, 2015
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Artemis
The goddess of the hunt, the moon, nature, and child birth.
Artemis and the Moon
Anton Raphael Mengs, 1765
The symbols associated with Artemis are the moon and a bow and arrow. The moon represents her connection with nature. The bow and arrow exhibit her exemplary hunting skills.
Connections
Artemis is the daughter of Zeus and Leto, and is the twin of Apollo
Diana of Versailles
Artemis' Roman name is Diana. This sculpture was found in Italy and now rests in the Louvre.
Photo by rjhuttondfw
A story of Artemis starts off with the queen of Thebes, Niobe, who claimed that she was better than Leto, Artemis's mother, because she had many children, and Leto only had two. Artemis and her twin brother Apollo avenged the insult to their mother by killing most of Niobe's children with their arrows. Finally Niobe was transformed to stone in a permanent weeping position.
At one point, in the comics of "Wonder Woman", Artemis was featured with a bow and arrow, similar to her use of killing with arrow in the story when she kills Niobe's children.
Works Cited
- "ARTEMIS : Summary of the Olympian Goddess." ARTEMIS : Summary of the Olympian Goddess. N.p., n.d. Web. 03 Feb. 2015.
- "ARTEMIS : Summary of the Olympian Goddess." ARTEMIS : Summary of the Olympian Goddess. N.p., n.d. Web. 03 Feb. 2015.
- "Artemis." Artemis. N.p., n.d. Web. 02 Feb. 2015.
- Hamilton, Edith, and Steele Savage. Mythology. Boston: Little, Brown, 1942. Print.
- "Artemis in "Wonder Woman""n Artemis in "Wonder Woman" N.p., n.d. Web. 05 Feb. 2015.
