Αρτεμις :
Artemis (Diana), daughter of Zeus and Leto, and
sister of Apollo; virgin goddess of the chase, and the supposed author
of sudden painless deaths of women (see ἀγανός); women of fine figure are compared to Artemis,
Od. 4.122, Od. 17.17, 37, Od. 19.56, cf. Od. 6.151 ff.; her favorite haunts are wild mountainous
regions, Erymanthus in Arcadia, Taÿgetus in Laconia, Od. 6.102; epithets, ἁγνή, ἰοχέαιρα, χρυ_σηλάκατος, χρυ_σήνιος, χρυ_σόθρονος,
ἀγροτέρη, κελαδεινή.
Georg Autenrieth. A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1891.
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