Goddess of hunting.
Mythological motifs. · Gods. · Gods of the earth. · God of trades and professions. · view the constellation · filed as A452.1
Attested across traditions
- Greco-RomanThe Metamorphoses of Ovid, Book 2
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“Immediately he puts on the form and dress of Diana, and says, “O Virgin! one portion of my train, upon what mountains hast thou been hunting?””
- Greco-RomanThe Metamorphoses of Ovid, Book 3
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“Here, {when} wearied with hunting, the Goddess of the woods was wont to bathe her virgin limbs in clear water.”
- Greco-RomanPausanias's Description of Greece, Book 7
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“there they made a sanctuary of Huntress Artemis. For they thought that she must have suggested to them the stratagem” uncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan