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noun(Greek mythology) the virgin goddess of the hunt and the Moon; daughter of Leto and twin sister of Apollo; identified with Roman Diana
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- diana (Roman mythology) virgin goddess of the hunt and the Moon; counterpart of Greek Artemis
- apollo (Greek mythology) Greek god of light; god of prophecy and poetry and music and healing; son of Zeus and Leto; twin brother of Artemis
- phoebe (Greek mythology) a Titaness who became identified with Artemis as goddess of the Moon
- orion (Greek mythology) a giant Boeotian hunter who pursued the Pleiades and was eventually slain by Artemis; was then placed in the sky as a constellation
- wormwood any of several low composite herbs of the genera Artemisia or Seriphidium
- niobe (Greek mythology) the daughter of Tantalus whose boasting about her children provoked Apollo and Artemis to slay them all; Niobe was turned to stone while bewailing her loss
- leto wife or mistress of Zeus and mother of Apollo and Artemis in ancient mythology; called Latona in Roman mythology
- ephesus an ancient Greek city on the western shore of Asia Minor in what is now Turkey; site of the Temple of Artemis; was a major trading center and played an important role in early Christianity
- sagebrush any of several North American composite subshrubs of the genera Artemis or Seriphidium
- phoebus (Greek mythology) Greek god of light; god of prophecy and poetry and music and healing; son of Zeus and Leto; twin brother of Artemis