Artemis

Revision History

Date	Editor	Change Summary
12/1/2024, 10:33 PM	Mike C	update #117
5/29/2020, 9:30 PM	Mike C	update #108
11/16/2019, 11:04 AM	Mike C	update #105
2/28/2019, 2:08 PM	Mike C	update #102
12/8/2017, 12:41 PM	Mike C	update #97
7/2/2017, 10:39 PM	Mike C	update #95
8/26/2016, 12:51 PM	Mike C	update #92
2/12/2007, 1:03 AM	Mike C	earliest recorded revision

Gender Feminine

Usage Greek Mythology, Greek

Scripts Ἄρτεμις(Ancient Greek) Άρτεμις(Greek)

Pronounced Pron. /ár.te.mis/(Classical Greek) /ˈɑɹ.tə.mɪs/(American English) /ˈɑː.tə.mɪs/(British English)

Meaning & History

Meaning unknown, possibly related either to Greek ἀρτεμής (artemes) meaning "safe" or ἄρταμος (artamos) meaning "a butcher". Artemis was the Greek goddess of the moon and hunting, the twin of Apollo and the daughter of Zeus and Leto. She was known as Diana to the Romans.