Artemis

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Artemis \Artemis\ n.
     1. 1 the virgin goddess of the hunt and the moon in Greek
        mythology; one of the Olympian deities, daughter of Zeus
        and Leto and twin sister of Apollo; identified with the
        Roman Diana.
  


     Syn: Cynthia, Diana.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Diana \Di*a"na\, n. [L. Diana.] (Myth.)
     The daughter of Jupiter and Latona; a virgin goddess who
     presided over hunting, chastity, and marriage; -- identified
     with the Greek goddess {Artemis}.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           And chaste Diana haunts the forest shade. --Pope.
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     {Diana monkey} (Zool.), a handsome, white-bearded monkey of
        West Africa ({Cercopithecus Diana}).
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Artemis
       n : (Greek mythology) the virgin goddess of the hunt and the
           moon; daughter of Leto and twin sister of Apollo;
           identified with Roman Diana [syn: {Cynthia}]