This and other contemporary images of the famous Artemis of Ephesus were made not for the veneration of the goddess but as objects meant to stir the aesthetic sensibilities of wealthy Roman ...

A goddess reigns at the top of the art world. Sotheby's recently shook the art world when it sold a rare Roman bronze of the goddess Artemis for $28.6 million, setting a new record as the most ...

Artemis was a virgin goddess of the wilderness and hunting. ... The Mercury program, active from 1958 to 1963, was named after Hermes’ Roman counterpart, ...

The ancient Roman equivalent of the goddess Artemis was Diana. The culture ministry refers to the recently rediscovered temple as being dedicated to Artemis Amarysia, with the second name being a ...

A MYSTERY over the location of Ancient Greek temple honouring a famous goddess of hunting and the moon has been finally been solved after more than 100 years. The legendary sanctuary dedicated to t… ...

Artemis was a virgin goddess of the wilderness and hunting. ... The Mercury program, active from 1958 to 1963, was named after Hermes’ Roman counterpart, ...

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.

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 exploration.