Artemis Flashcards
Actaeon
Stumbles upon Diana naked on Mt. Cithaeron
Hunted with hounds with in forest finds her, nymphs cover her, she turns him into a stag and his hounds kill him
origin of hunting ritual as sacrifice?
Arctophylax/Arturus/Bootes
Arcus, Ursa Minor
Artemis
Diana
Asia Minor connections
Fertility Deity
External Virgin- dangerously seductive
Callisto and Arcas
Diana’s favourite “most beautiful”
epithet
Jupiter falls for Callisto and seduces her
Ovid’s Metamorphoses
gets pregnant is discovered
child = Arcas
Callisto is transformed into bear - Ursa Major, Arctus
Arcas - Ursa Minor
Cynthia
Epiethet, born in Cynthus
Diana of Ephesus
goddess of childbirth
protector of all young creatures
Euripides’ Hippolytus
play on Hipp
Great Bear
Big Dipper
Hecate
Descendant of titans, Goddess of Crossroads
associated with ghosts and underworld
black magic
Hippolytus
chaste, young man
devoted to Artemis
despises Aphrodite - Aphro causes his step-mother Phaedra to fall in love with him - Phaedra tries to fight
Kourotrophos
“nurturer of the young”
goddess of childbirth
protector of all young creatures
Leto
Mother of Apollo and Artemis
Artemis - first born assists in brothers birth
Little Bear
Little Dipper
Merope
Orion pursues her
Mt. Cithaeron
Where Actaeon finds Diana naked
Mt. Cynthus
Artemis birthplace
Niobe/Niobids
Hubris - boasted that she deserved more honour than Leto because she had 7 daughters and 7 sons (Niobids)
Apollo kills sons, Artemis kills daughters
Niobe transformed into crag in Phrygia
Nymphe
bride
Oenopion
father of Merope - gets Orion drunk and blinds him
Orion
hunter and worshiper of Artemis
but also tries to rape her she kills him with scorpion string
Ortygia
Artemis birthplace, where Mt. Cynthus is
Phaedra
Aphrodite curses her to fall in love with Hippolytus (stepson) who despises her - nurse gets Phaedra to reveal feelings to Hippolytus, he rejects she commits suicide - leaves a false claim of rape in note
Phoebe
Epithet for Artemis “Shining” as she is the Moon goddess
Potipar’s Wife Motif
Woman makes advances towards man and then falsely claims that he wronged her
