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Lecture 12 Flashcards

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Actaeon

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A hunter who accidentally saw Artemis naked, he was turned into a stag and devoured by his own hounds

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Arcas

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Son of Callisto, turned into a constellation by Jupiter, names for the constellation are Ursa Minor or the Little Bear or the Bear Warden or Arctophylax or Arcturus or Bootes.

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Callisto

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Devotee of Artemis, raped by Jupiter, mother of Arcas, turned into a bear by Juno, turned into a constellation by Jupiter, names for the constellation are Ursa Major or the Great Bear or Arctus or Hamaxa (the Wain)

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Cynthia

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Epithet for Artemis derived from the name of Mt Cynthus, Artemis’ birthplace

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Brauronia

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A festival held every 4 years in honour of Artemis

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Ephesus

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Location of a temple dedicated to Artemis in Asia Minor, one of the 7 wonders of the ancient world

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Hippolytus

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Title character in a play by Euripides, young man devoted to Artemis

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Phaedra

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Stepmother of Hippolytus, Aphrodite makes her fall in love with her stepson, commits suicide

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Theseus

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Father of Hippolytus, curses Hippolytus after seeing note left by Phaedra

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Hecate

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Chthonian fertility deity, descendant of the Titans, goddess of crossroads, lives in the underworld

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Kourotrophos

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Means ‘nurturer of the young’, Ephesian goddess of childbirth

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Leto

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Mother of Artemis and Apollo, forced by Hera to wander the earth

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Niobids

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Children of Niobe (the Queen of Thebes who boasted that she was more deserving of honour than Leto), who were slaughtered by Artemis and Apollo

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Merope

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Daughter of Oenopion, wooed by Orion

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Nymphe

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Means ‘bride’ or woman on the cusp of having sex

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Oenopion

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Name means ‘wine-face’, King on the Island of Chios, blinds Orion

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Orion

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Blinded by Oenopion, vision restored by Helius, tries to rape Artemis, killed by a scorpion and turned into a constellation along with his dog (Sirius)

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Ortygia

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Place of birth of Artemis and Apollo, name means ‘quail island’

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Phoebe

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Epithet for Artemis meaning ‘bright/shining’

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Potnia Theron

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Mistress of animals

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Selene

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Moon goddess, associated with Artemis

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