Artemis
noun uk/ˈɑː.tɪ.mɪs/ us/ˈɑːr.t̬ə.mɪs/
阿耳特弥斯（希腊神话中手持弓与箭的狩猎女神）
in Greek mythology (= ancient stories), a goddess (= female god) who is usually shown as a hunter with a bow and arrows
the Temple of Artemis 狩猎女神庙
Compare: Diana
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- Archaeologists found two statues of Artemis.
- Daphne was a hunter who dedicated herself to Artemis, goddess of the hunt, and, like the goddess, refused to marry.
- He came upon Artemis, the goddess of chastity, while she was bathing.
- The play shows Agamemnon's struggle after the goddess Artemis decrees that his fleet will not have a favourable wind to sail to Troy until he sacrifices his daughter, Iphigenia.