Artemis is generally known as the ancient Greek goddess of hunting; however, she was a deity with various cults associated ...

For ancient Greeks, every waterway was protected by nymphs. They were invariably ageless young girls who existed even before ...

Texts from Cicero, Callimachus, and other ancient writers describe how statues were anointed with fragrant oils and ointments ...

Archaeologists excavate ancient temple of Artemis in Greece The 100 foot structure was home to a number of shocking finds, giving insight into the history of a cult dating back to the 7th century.

Who Is Artemis? NASA's Latest Mission to the Moon Is Named After an Ancient Lunar Goddess Turned Feminist Icon Artemis was a major deity in ancient Greece, worshiped at least as early as the ...

Nymphs offer us more than just stories of sexy nature spirits. They can reveal how ancient people thought about their world ...

The temple of Artemis, also known as the Temple of Diana because the Romans liked to take the Greek Gods and just change their names for their own religion, AND also known as the Artemision which ...

As a scholar of Greek mythology, I find the name of the mission quite evocative: The Greeks and Romans associated Artemis with the Moon, and she has also become a modern-day feminist icon.

(The Conversation) — A scholar of Greek mythology explains the naming of NASA’s missions after mythological figures and why the name Artemis is indicative of a more diverse era of space ...

To reflect the feminist aspirations of the mission, Nasa named the undertaking Artemis after the Ancient Greek goddess of that name, the daughter of Zeus and Leto and twin sister of Apollo, god of ...