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Artemis

Artemis

Ancient Greek goddess ArtemisGoddess of hunting, the wilderness, wild animals, transitions, nature, vegetation, childbirth, care of children, chastity, and archeryMember of the Twelve OlympiansThe Diana of Versailles, a Roman copy of a Greek sculpture by Leochares(Louvre Museum)AbodeMount OlympusAnimalsDeer, bearSymbolBow and arrows, torchGenealogyParentsZeus and LetoSiblingsApolloEquivalentsRomanDiana Part of a series onAncient Greek religion Origins Minoan religion Mycenaean deities Mycenaean religion Sacred placesSacred islands Delos Ithaca Naxos Kythira Samothrace Crete Lemnos Sacred mountains Mount Lykaion Mount Ida (Turkey) Mount Ida (Crete) Mount Olympus Mount Kyllini Mount Othrys Sanctuaries Aornum Delphi Didyma Dion Dodona Eleusis Olympia Other Cave of Zeus Troy Deities Twelve Olympians Aphrodite Apollo Ares Artemis Athena Demeter Dionysus Hephaestus Hera Hermes Hestia Poseidon Zeus Other deities Alpheus Amphitrite Asclepius Boreas Circe Cybele Deimos Eileithyia Enyo Eos Erinyes Eris Eros Gaia Hades Harmonia Hebe Hecate Helios Heracles Iacchus Iris Leto Maia Metis Nemesis Nereus Nike Nyx Pan Persephone Phobos Priapus Proteus Rhea Scamander Selene Thanatos Themis Thetis Tri