Artemis Influence On Athenas

was a Greek poet; his major work was the poem Phaenomena. According to Hyginus, Artemis once loved Orion, since Apollo was very protective about her sister’s maidenhood he decided to trick Artemis into killing him. Artemis is generally depicted as a young woman carrying a bow and arrow. She is often accompanied by wild creatures such as stag or she-bear. In one version of the stories of Adonis (hunter) who was a late addition to Greek mythology during the Hellenistic period (period of ancient Greek history) – Artemis sent a wild boar to kill Adonis after he continued to claim that he was a far greater hunter than her. Artemis was sometimes associated with the goddess of the moon, Selene. She was often identified with Artemis as much as her

She liked to hike across the mountains and wander the woodlands with her band of nymphs (fairies) and her three hunting dogs. Artemis carried a silver bow and arrows and she herself appeared to be silver like moonlight, myths say she moved the Moon in a chariot pulled by stags. Artemis never missed with her bow, she always had perfect shots, and she also had healing powers. She used these to heal Aeneas, a great warrior, during the Trojan War (conflict between the kingdoms of Troy and Mycenaean Greece). Artemis was a very influential goddess in ancient Greek times, she had numerous followers, devoted to hunting and protecting the animals that were sacred to her, and protected woman and virgins. Since Artemis was a significant deity, they built a temple in her

It was completely rebuilt three times before its final destruction in 401 A.D. After six years of searching, the site of the temple was rediscovered in 1869 by an expedition led by John Turtle Wood and sponsored by the British Museum. These excavations continued until 1874. Artemis' shrines, temples and festivals could be found throughout the Greek world, but Ephesian Artemis was unique. The Ephesians considered her theirs, and disliked any foreign claims to her protection. 800 years after its destruction, the glorious Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, had been completely forgotten by the people of the town that had once held it in such pride. There is no doubt that the temple was indeed magnificent. "I have seen the walls and Hanging Gardens of ancient Babylon," wrote Philon of Byzantium, "the statue of Olympian Zeus, the Colossus of Rhodes, the mighty work of the high Pyramids and the tomb of Mausolus. But when I saw the temple at Ephesus rising to the clouds, all these other wonders were put in the shade." (Quote from book called “Seven Wonders of the Ancient World”). Philon of Byzantium also known as Philo Mechanicus, was a Greek engineer and writer on mechanica. It is said that Philo wrote the book