Transcript The Goddess Diana(Greek) Artemis (Roman)

The Goddess
Diana(Roman) Artemis (Greek)
By: Julie Bauer and Jade Dahl
What is she in charge of?
• Goddess of the moon and of the hunt
• She was also known as the goddess of nature
Animals
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Deer
Bears
Hunting dogs
Guinea fowl
Animals
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Elephant
Horses
Dove
Bee
City
• Ephesus (present day Turkey)
• Temple to the god of Artemis
Objects
• The bow and arrow
• Hunting animals
Relationships (Greek)
• The daughter of Zeus and Leto, daughter of
Titan
• Never married
• Never had kids (she was a virgin goddess)
Relationship (Roman)
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Daughter of Jupiter and Latona
Twin sister of Apollo
Never married
Never had kids (she was a virgin goddess)
Mythology
• Gave women dying of childbirth a quick death
• Pregnant women and women getting married
would dedicate their cloths to her
Other Information
• Disliked men
• Sometimes ordered them torn apart if they
saw her bathing
Other Information
• Born in Delos
• Where she was born under a palm tree, with
her twin brother Apollo
• Artemis was born five minutes before Apollo