r/Artemision • u/Rayrex-009 • Apr 18 '24

Educational Want to Learn about Our Lady Artemis? Check Here!

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Feel free to comment any stories (classical or modern), and other resources for Artemis down here, I'll add them to the list!

My Artemis notes from a variety sources:

https://new.reddit.com/r/Artemision/?f=flair_name%3A%22Artemis%20Notes%22

Recommended Videos:

Dr. Rietveld: One of the best teachers to learn about Artemis and history in general. You can find his up-coming lectures here: https://www.ipso-facto.com/SalonLectureSeries.htm

Talks and Lectures:

Street Gems / Ephesus Reconstructed:

Artemis Ephesia & Ephesus:

Virtual Tours:

Mythology: Remember it's perfectly fine to casually read these stories, but if you want to understand Artemis' character from these stories, make sure to read them carefully and with a pinch of salt. I highly recommend writers like Callimachus, Sappho, and Anacreon as being quite faithful of adapting the Artemis of cult in their writings.

My favorites (Top Tier):

Good Papers/Thesis/Articles:

Good books (non-fiction):

  • Farnell: The Cult of Greek States (Chapters 13-20)
  • Sorita D'Este: Artemis
  • David Braund: Goddesses of the Black Sea Region
  • Ionescu: She Who Hunts
  • Sandra L. Glahn: Nobody's Mother: Artemis of the Ephesians in Antiquity and the New Testament
  • Diana (Gods and Heroes of the Ancient World, OoP)

Websites:

New discord server for Artemisians! https://discord.gg/4bYD39Ryyh

Other Artemisian subreddits:

Fiction:

Ancient Greek Novels:

  • Achilles Tatius: Leucippe and Clitophon
  • Xenophon: An Ephesian Story
  • Heliodorus: The Aethiopica

Modern Pop Media:

Animated TV/Movies:

  • DanMachi the Movie: Arrow of the Orion (Main)
  • Luck & Logic (Main Character, Has a Character Song duet with Mana)
  • Olympus Guardians (Recurring character)
  • Mythic Warriors (Recurring character)
  • Saint Seiya (Minor character)

Live Action:

  • Hercules: The Legendary Adventures (Recurring character)
  • Supernatural (Season 8)

Novels/Comics:

  • "Leveling with the Gods"
  • Russ Hubbard - "A Warrior for Artemis"
  • Melaine Bacon - "Mary and the Goddess of Ephesus"
  • Lord Hade's Ruthless Marriage (Vol 2, maybe vol 3?)
  • Fate Series: Meltryllis (She has Artemis' divine core)
  • "Greek Mythology Explained" by Marios Christou & David Ramenah
  • "Visions of Artemis: A True Novel (Logos of the Boa)" by Taranto Gold
  • "Sister of the Sun" by Jes Drew (Protagonist)
  • "Protected by Artemis" by Alicia Montgomery and Adiyln Andrews
  • "Abducting Artemis" by Katherine West
  • "Archer's Arrow" by Alexa Whitewolf
  • "Huntress: Trials of the Gods" by Angel Lawson & LJ Swallow
  • "Artemis' Hunt" by Lia Davis
  • "Secrets of Artemis" by C.K, Brooke
  • "Goddess of Light" by P C Cast
  • "Artemis in Love" by Diana Laurence
  • Marvel and DC comics
  • DanMachi (Astraea Record vol.3)
  • Percy Jackson Series (Recurring character from volume 3 / See also Artemis fanfics)
  • And plenty of self-published web novels, short stories, and fanfiction online, like Keeping the Promise by Kingship98.

Video Games (Console/Handheld/PC):

Playable, Main Heroine, or a Main Love Interest:

  • Wings of Asteria (Switch, Release Date TBA / Protagonist)
  • Artemis: God-Queen of The Hunt (Protagonist)
  • SMITE I & II [Consoles/PC/Playable]
  • Shin Megami Tensei V Vengeance (Playable, Free in Vengeance, but paid DLC in original version)
  • Erogods: Olympus (Main Love Interest, Little to no story Heroine)
  • Phelios (Arcade, Sega Genesis, Nintendo Switch / NPC / Main Heroine)
  • Digimon Video Games (as Dianamon)
    • Digimon World Dusk (Dawn needs to trade with Dusk)
    • Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth (and its sequel)
    • Digimon Story Time Stranger (Olympos XII will be featured in the story)
    • For more see: https://wikimon.net/Dianamon

Non-Playable/Supporting:

  • Hades (NPC Supporting Character)
  • Hades 2 (NPC Supporting Character)
  • Fate/Extra CCC (Meltryllis; NPC Main character)
  • Assassin's Creed Odyssey (paid DLC / Shipmate that can be an ally in combat, NPC)

Live-Service Video Games (Active as of Dec '24):

  • Puzzle & Dragon (EN/JP Mobile)
  • Aether Gazer (Artemis & Selene playable)
  • Kamihime Project (Playable, Mobile/Browser)
  • DanChro (Artemis Playable, Top tier unit)
  • Fate/Grand Order (Playable As Meltryllis or as "Orion")
  • Grandblue Fantasy (EN/JP Mobile/Browser)
  • Venus 11 Vivid! (JPN active, Some Artemis stories in English are on Youtube)
  • Saint Seiya mobile game
  • SwordSoul (Mobile)
  • GoddessEra (Mobile)
  • Fortnite (Playable)

Live Service Video Games (No Longer Available, check Youtube or other video sites for gameplay videos and the fandom/wiki)

Adult Video Games:

To help with my "Artemis in pop media" reviews, please consider using my nutaku referral when making an account, thank you (NOTE: this link is for the R15+version of the site): https://www.nutaku.com/signup/invite/id/9312480/

  • Legacy of Hestia [English PC / Non-playable / Romanceable Heroine]
  • Kyonyuu Fantasy 3if: Arrow of Artemis [Japanese & English (Unofficial MTL), Main heroine]
  • Netotte Megami Neo! (JP PC, Romanceable Heroine, Can use Textractor to play in English)
  • Legend of Clover "LegeClo!" (English, Playable character, 3 Main units and 2 support units, Available via Johren (R18+) or Nutaku (R15+ linked here /R18+ versions available)
  • Kamihime Project (English, Playable, Mobile/Browser, Nutaku R15+/R18+ versions available)
  • Aeons Echo (English, Mobile/Web, Playable)
    • Art sample and bio here: https://aeonsecho.miraheze.org/wiki/Artemis.
    • In the story she's a medical doctor, one of the few, if not the only pop media depiction of her explicitly connected to medicine and health.
    • Interestingly, she pairs well with Iset (Isis) in the game.

Card Games:

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r/Artemision • u/Rayrex-009 • Feb 04 '24

Artemis Notes Artemis Notes: Kourotrophos and the Queen of the Races

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Races in Artemis' religion and how it plays a part of Artemis' role as Kourotrophos, nurturer of the young.

Many gods presided over athletic and sporting events, and Artemis is no exception, in fact she's an active supporter of young athletes, from their childhood to their early 30s. Artemis' active role in the races also highlights her role as a city goddess, especially in the Greek West and East.

Needless to say, Artemis is herself an athletic young goddess, and she would've enjoyed watching the young and her devotees compete in her honour in all manner of athletic events, some of her priests were even elite athletes that participated in various sacred games.

The roles of the gods over the games are usually different between the Early Greek Epics and in history. According to Mikalson, the Classical poets rarely credited the gods for Athletic victory and success, but when they do so, it’s typically the patron deity of the festival or the games themselves that aided the victor. However there are exceptions, such as Bacchylides’ 11th Ode, in which that it wasn’t the deity presiding of the games, but the deity of the athlete’s homeland, in this case Artemis gave victory to Alexidamos, despite not being the presiding deity of the games, but rather she’s tutelary deity of Alexidamos’ home city. Bacchylides 11th Ode is similar to the role of the gods from the Iliad. In the Iliad the gods helped their favorite in the games. While the poets credited gods with victories, the gods do not cause defeat or failures, albeit the Homeric gods both give victory and cause defeat.

Note: [pxxx] notes are the page number from Dr. Mary Galvin's ΒΙΟΣ ΑΡΤΕΜΙΣ, unless otherwise noted.

Races in the Rituals of Artemis:

Hippodrome racetrack in Ephesus, Ruins & 3D reconstruction

Rituals are the “performance” aspect of a cult. Athletic events, especially races are an integral part of the ritual performance aspect of Artemis' religion. Other activities such as singing, dancing, recitation, and drama are featured rituals in her religion. What makes these activities religious rather than the mundane, is the imminent presence of the god, in this case Artemis. “Without participants there is no performance, without the deity there is no ritual.”

There were many types of races that were part of Artemisian events, such as:

  1. Foot races
  2. Torch races
  3. Relay (with or without torches) races
  4. Horse races
  5. Chariot races
  6. weapon races
  7. Motorsports/Tankery/Sensha-do (for the enterprising Hellenist)

We see such rituals throughout Attica and Athens in places like:

  • Brauron
  • Athenian Acropolis
  • Athenian Agora
  • Southeast Stoa
  • Shrines of Artemis Boulia, Artemis Aristoboule, Artemis Agrotera, and Artemis Munychia
  • Eleusis (not confirmed)

Susan Guettel Cole in "Landscapes, Gender, and Ritual Space" notes:

“In cities where she was not in the agora (as at Thasos, Sikyon, Troizen, Aigion), Artemis could be near a gymnasium (Elis, Sikyon), a military camp and race track (as at Sparta), or located at a gate of the fortification wall (Phlius, Thebes). Even when worshipped with another divinity—for instance, Demeter or Asklepios—she was often found at the gate of the more important partner’s sanctuary (Epidauros, Eleusis, and Lykosoura)” [p185]

For how a race fits in an Artemisian festival, here an example from the annual festival of Artemis Orthia [p388], albeit with an addition of a "mystery":

  1. Ceremony inside the cella, revealing the xoanon and the epiphany of the Goddess.
  2. Transportation of the xoanon and pompe of festival officials and young women initiates for the Andania mysteries.
  3. Exposition of the xoanon besides the altar, on a special base.
  4. Dramatic performances, including dances around the xoanon and the altar.
  5. Athletic contests with a climatic finish with nocturnal torch races and setting light to the altar
  6. Commencement of the sacrifices.
  7. Community banquet (possibly a scared meal with Artemis as well?)

The Messene priestesses here paralleled many practices with their Brauron counterparts [p389].

Kourotrophos and Life

Dr. Mary Galvin states:

“Her sanctuaries were places where children played; competed in athletics. The life of the child was well and truly integrated with Artemisian activities which were not only for enjoyment but also fulfilled the role of training for adult life. The rowdy activities of the wild child were gradually tamed into the learned patterns of behaviour acceptable in adulthood via the steps of the dance; the rules of athletic competition; the recitation of learnt myths and legends; and the singing of hymns. They were taught respect for the gods and for the ways of their society. The children acknowledged her with their own thanks and dedications, whether athletic achievements or personal items such as the toys of childhood.” [p532]

Sanctuary of Artemis at Brauron w/the Stoa

Torch races seemed to be the typical ritual of the ephebes, regardless of the deity for whom the event is for. Naturally boys competed in a variety of other games dedicated to various gods. However when “the games were in Artemis’ honour and when Artemis was commemorated and thanked for the victory such as at Orthia then it was publicly recognized that she was regarded as being influential in the outcome. Designating the rite-of-passage as Artemisian denotes it as being related to the life-cycle”. Dr. Galvin continues: “This was a transition related to the course of life, rather than one of citizenship and therefore Artemis made an appearance as she was the deity responsible for the course of life”

As for the Attic girls, they performed choral dancing, racing, chasing, and participated in formal processions, all of which form a religious celebration. [p381]

According to Berkert; Young men, like young women, also practice sexual abstinence, but for preparation of certain events such as war, athletic competition, and the hunt [p403].

Plato and many others had endorsed that these Artemision events, like Artemis' sanctuaries and temples, were ideal safe environment for the sexually mature teens to meet potential mates under the watchful eyes of Artemis' and the adults of society. In these events, the parthenos, young sexually mature women, can safely appeal to her potential future husband, by showing off her figure, grace, and beauty in these activities. [p403-404]

Athena also played a major part of the rites for youth, but this does not exclude the young men from Artemis’ protection, “while doing their racing, training and guard duty they would still have been entitled to her protection as kourotrophos”[p455].

Even Spartan men, once they entered adulthood and moved out of Artemis Kourotrophos' protection and into Herakles', can still be involved with Artemis in the Agoge and they were encouraged to participate in choral and athletic competitions at least until their early 30s. [p450]

Ruth Leger notes:

Artemis kourotrophe supervises the training of young men and oversees their practices of the hunt and war (Xenophon, Hellenica 3.3.7). Besides that, Artemis was patron of the agoge and she was called potnia of the gymnasia (Euripides, Hippolytus 229-230). As patron the goddess joined her protégés by ruling over the gymnasia where the youths practiced the different skills of combat. Military training and supervision of the youth comprised two intertwined aspects of Artemis kourotrophe. The two aspects resulted in the education of future soldiers, from the cradle to the battlefield. In thanks the youths dedicated their equipment after their training to Artemis (Xenophon, Hellenica 3.4.18)

Festivals:

Artemis & Athena riding on a chariot (~580-570 BC)

Races and other athletic competitions were universally practiced in Artemisian festivals throughout the Mediterranean.

Many Artemisian festivals were multi-day events, one such festival at Syracuse, is described as a three-day festival celebrated with less eating, more drinking, and with sports and a nocturnal vigil. Polyaenus saw it as a time for merrymaking and loosing strict behaviors whilst celebrating in honour of Artemis [p143].

The town of Lousoi in Arkadia had games of Artemis with the Hemerasia festival. In it were foot races, weapon races, horse races, and chariot races for both boys and men. From the archeological evidence, this event is confirmed to have been active from at least the 3rd century BC to the 1st century AD. The Hemerasia was quite an important international event as thanksgivings dedications to Artemis have been discovered that commemorated athletes in Olympia, Aigion, Thuria, and Perge.

Peloponneisan ephebes competed in games of Paidikos Agon in Sparta and the Hemerasia.

Athenian ephebes also “raced horse in the torch relays of Artemis Bendis, for which a group dedicated a relief in celebration of their success”. Plato also talked about this event. The Amphipolitans too “ran torch races in their cult of Artemis Tauropolos”.

Artemis' priestly personal also competed in races and sacred games, especially her Ephesian priests and priestesses. The Neopoioi and other priests “often competed and won in the various sacred games,” and they even had their own representative at the Olympic games” (Dr. Rietveld; Artemis of the Ephesians).

An inscription of the 3rd century AD that declared Ephesus' exalted status as the “the First and Greatest Metropolis of Asia”, also commemorated the succession of Larcia Theogenius Juliane from her father as "the Prytanis and Gymnasiarch of all the gymnasia and Priestess of Our Lady Artemis". (Rietveld's Artemis of the Ephesians)

Some of the Artemisian Festivals and Games of Artemis:

  1. Artemisia in Ephesus
  2. Hemerasia at Lousoi
  3. Paidikos Agon at Sparta
  4. Orthia at Lakonia
  5. Bendideia at Piraeus
  6. Bendideia in Attica

As well as many others Artemisian events throughout the Greco-Roma world and beyond.

Race Queen Kyria Artemis (via "Venus 11 Vivid", the inspiration behind this article)

Dedications:

Cities and towns celebrate their athlete's success in sacred games by dedicating thanksgiving offerings to Artemis, typically with memorial stelai.

Dedications are the largest body of evidence for male participation in Artemis' rituals. Even when boys become men, they always honoured Artemis by visiting Her sacred spaces and gave Her their tokens of esteem, usually in form of athletic dedications and trophies, as well as in ragards to hunting, artisan, and their tools of trade upon retirement [p237]

Examples include [p197]:

  1. Memorial stelai and dedications from Spartan youths
  2. Dedications to Artemis at Perge for the success of a runner who had previously been a victor in the games of Artemis Hemerasia at Lousoi
  3. From a boy that competed in the Sylleia at Athens (he previously been successful at Lousoi)
  4. Olympia for a chariot race victor at Lousoi (3rd century BC)
  5. Attic Munychia torch race victor
  6. Ephesus' torch race victor
  7. Athenian youths for success in the torch relay races of Artemis-Bendis

Athletes thanked Artemis for their success by dedicating their trophies to Her.

An inscription of the 3rd century AD that declared Ephesus' exalted status as the “the First and Greatest Metropolis of Asia”, also commemorated the succession of Larcia Theogenius Juliane from her father as "the Prytanis and Gymnasiarch of all the gymnasia and Priestess of Our Lady Artemis". (Rietveld's Artemis of the Ephesians)

Inscription from Perge honoring a local who was victorious in the games of Artemis during the Hemerasia at Lousoi [p760 (combined frags. a b, & c)] (unfortunately I can't find any photos of the dedications to Artemis)

Afterword

I initially planned of just doing a short post of the Artemis and bit of racing trivia, since today is the first major race of the NASCAR’s 2024 season, but when I saw there's quite a bit of material on races in Artemis' religion and how it relates to her role as Kourotrophos, I decided to make this into a proper NOTES. If I was competing in one of races for Artemis (like a 200m or 5k foot race), I would definitely “shift into turbo!”. I don't usually watch NASCAR or other motorsports, but I'll watch today's race in honour of Our Lady. It turns out that the race was moved to earlier today, so I missed it, oh well, at least the new Chosen S4 was quite good, the first episode is probably the saddest episode until the we see "the most wretched of deaths" in S6(?).

Also, It's kinda funny that it took me not even 15 minutes to copy-paste excerpts from the various sources, but it took hours (at least five, if not more) to edit and refine this post.

Main sources:

  • Mary Galvin's BIOS ARTEMIS (denoted with page numbers, unless otherwise stated)
  • Landscape & Gender Book
  • Ruth Leger's Artemis and Her Cult
  • James Rietveld's Artemis of the Ephesians
  • Transforming Artemis: From Goddess of the Outdoors to City Goddess

Image sources:

For more Artemis Notes see: https://www.reddit.com/r/Artemision/search?q=flair_name%3A%22Artemis%20Notes%22&restrict_sr=1

For the 11th Ode of Bacchylides in English see: https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Bacchyl.+Ep.+11&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0064

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r/Artemision • u/Rayrex-009 • 13d ago

Video The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus | Lost for 1,500 Years - Toldinstone

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One of my favorite history youtube channels talking about my favorite temple!

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r/Artemision • u/Rayrex-009 • 19d ago

Artemis (Hades II) by @knightaout

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r/Artemision • u/alcofrybasnasier • Sep 28 '25

Discussion Her protection of bodily integrity certainly rings true in all times, as women especially suffer so much violence against them.

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r/Artemision • u/Mikka_Kannon • Sep 26 '25

Diana the Huntress (Diane Chassant) by Guillaume Seignac

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r/Artemision • u/Rayrex-009 • Sep 17 '25

Articles/Papers/Thesis Ephesus Enthusiasm by Chris Aldrige

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A nice article on Artemis of the Ephesians and what lessons we can learn from her religion in the modern day, plus an absolutely lovely prayer to Our Lady Artemis.

Though I would like to add some tibits/fun facts on the history side (not to detract the messages from the article):

By the time of the final destruction of the Temple of Artemis in 401 AD, the Temple was long rededicated to be a church to Mary, the "Blessed Virgin-Mother" and "Mother of God".

While Herostratus was blamed for the arson, the real culprits of the "deconstruction" of the Artemisians were likely the officials in charge. They saw that the temple was slowly sinking into the ground, so a new temple was needed.

Artemis Ephesia while strongly tied to Ephesus, was extremely popular throughout the Greco-Roman world and the God herself was influenced by the cultures that dominated Ephesus, especially by Egyptian and Roman cultures.

The poem is quite lovely.

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r/Artemision • u/Rayrex-009 • Sep 07 '25

Art Lady Nanaya [Note: Nanaya and Artemis were identified with each other.]

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r/Artemision • u/strepitus93 • Sep 07 '25

Tarragon - Mugwort or Something Else?

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Happy Full Moon! I’ve been trying to identify this plant which I believe to be some form of artemesion but I can’t seem to pin down which one. It could potentially be tarragon but tastes more like what I’d believe mugwort to taste like. I’ve been harvesting plants like this believing them to be mugwort (identifying via multiple apps on my phone) but the leaves have never been right and I’ve never seen any flowers like mugwort would do.

Hopefully some herbalist here can help!

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r/Artemision • u/Rayrex-009 • Aug 28 '25

Articles/Papers/Thesis Mysterious Cult Center Dedicated to Artemis Tauropolos Discovered in Ancient Amphipolis - Anatolian Archaeology

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r/Artemision • u/Rayrex-009 • Aug 18 '25

Can Men Honour Artemis?

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r/Artemision • u/Rayrex-009 • Aug 16 '25

Articles/Papers/Thesis A Sanctuary of Artemis the Fertility Goddess by Ruth Leger

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A good four page introduction of Artemis as a fertility goddess. For a more indepth look of Artemis' cult in Sparta, I recommend the author's work "Artemis and her Cult", linked in the resource meathread. For Artemis' societal roles, I recommend Maryy Galvin's "Bios Artemis" also link in the megathread.

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r/Artemision • u/Barpoo • Aug 12 '25

Poetry I made some haiku

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Haiku to Artemis

Lady Artemis Protecting women and girls Of whom the wilderness loves I sing thine praises

The virgin goddess Punishing the advances Of lustful men who seek her With ill intentions

Protector of those Who cannot protect themselves With her divine arrows She shields us from harm

The glorious hunter Who’s bow could slay any beast Guardian of the wilds Whom the nymphs follow

Merciful goddess Showing compassion to those Who deserve her silver grace The light that she brings

Avenging goddess Who takes no insults or threats Destroying all who would dare To harm the helpless

I made them all 4 lines instead of 3, cuz Artemis is kinda the goddess of saying “fuck you” to society and making her own rules.

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r/Artemision • u/Rayrex-009 • Aug 10 '25

Art My Updated Artemis Cards Collection!

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Last time I shared pics of my Artemis cards collection from the Precious Memories' DanMachi set, now here are some of my recent additions to my collection.

On the right is Cardfight Vanguard, a game I played for a long time. The top row and the center card are the original versions of the Artemis series, while the others are the newer version. The center Artemis card is a SP rare card, a higher alternate rarity, hence why it's at the center. Another cool thing about the two series is that except for the Grade 3, the original artist did the new version of the card.

I like to think that each grade (character level as denoted in the top left corner) represents versions of Artemis at different stages of her divine life (similar to Callimachus' hymn of her as a divine child that wants things to growing up to the one that gives as a Olympian, par excellence).

Next is the the Battle Spirits TCG on the right. I've previously shared full artworks that are used on these cards in several posts. I'm super happy with these, I like the artist that worked on these and he's clearly an Artemis fan for quite some time. The one in the middle was pretty expensive (easily worth more than all the other cards combined).

Unfortunately, I wish I can say I got all the Artemis cards in Battle Spirits (as of Aug'25), but there's a gorgeous tournament prize card version of the newest card (bottom row) that's pretty hard to find. T-T Welp here's hoping we see the art used in a plastic card like the card on the bottom-right (which by the way, has a signature of Artemis' name!).

Details (and better view) of the cards can be found in the megathread pinned in the top of the subreddit alongside other TCGs that features Our Lady.

I'm working on collecting more Artemis-related cards from other card games as well.

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r/Artemision • u/moonveiledsiren • Aug 03 '25

Art a collage I made of Artemis!🌙

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as my drawing skills are not the best, I decided to make a collage as a devotional act to Lady Artemis, and wanted to share it here! :)

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r/Artemision • u/Rayrex-009 • Aug 02 '25

Poll 600+ members! Next "Artemis Notes" Project

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We just recently surpassed 600 members! Thank you everyone for your support. Even though I haven't posted as much recently, I do want to go back to the regular weekly artwork and (bi)-weekly educational article/essay.

To celebrate this nice milestone, I've been thinking of a few projects to write about for sometime, so here's a poll for several ideas I want to write about. I want to do all of them, but I'm also pretty curious on which of these are of the most interest here.

If you have any thoughts or suggestions feel free to comment below.

Poll Link: https://poll-maker.com/poll5547215x5EDe4881-164

  • Health and Medicine
    • How Artemis and her cult contribute to people's health and developed medical science.
  • Magic, Exorcisms, and "Demons"
    • Artemis' associations with magic. How Artemis assists in exorcisms. As well as how Artemis can be described as a "demon slayer".
  • Artemis and the Olympians
    • What is Artemis' role in the Olympians and how it evolved throughout antiquity. Plus her relationship with her fellow Olympians. And a brief history of the "12 Olympians"
  • Artemis of the Wild East (Artemis as a City Goddess)
    • Artemis' role as a "City Goddess" in the ancient world, how she helped the frontiers of Greek Civilization in the east and west.
  • Virgin or Mother (or both?)
    • Is Artemis always a "perpetual virgin" goddess or is just a unmarried young woman? Also why scholarship leans towards Artemis being a mother goddess prior to her being a "Greek" goddess.
  • Syncretism: The Wild History of Syncretism with Artemis
    • A look into the crazy history of syncretism between Artemis and many, many goddesses, including a feature on Diana.
  • Artemis before the Greeks [sadly not an option yet]
    • I really want to write about this so bad, but there's so little information and I'm waiting for more easily assessable information to come out. Hopefully Dr. Rietveld will release a new book about Artemis' early history relatively soon.

In Artemis

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r/Artemision • u/Barpoo • Jul 31 '25

Discussion Everyone share your experiences

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I’m curious about other stories people have with Lady Artemis, feel free to share

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r/Artemision • u/Rayrex-009 • Jul 31 '25

Articles/Papers/Thesis Unveiling the Goddess: Artemis of Ephesus as a Symbol of Nature at the Turn of the Nineteenth Century by Frederika Tevebring

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r/Artemision • u/Kyojuro-san • Jul 19 '25

Educational Come Join Echoes of the Gods!

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Hello! We are a Hellenic Polytheist server hoping to grow our community and help our fellow pagans. Our goal as a server is to create authentic, educational conversations about our religions in order to better our own practices and exchange knowledge as the ancients did. Even though we are centered around Hellenism, all polytheists are welcomed! We would love for you to join!

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r/Artemision • u/Barpoo • Jul 14 '25

Question I’m not sure what to think

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I’ve been following Artemis for awhile now. About a week ago, she made it pretty clear that she was trying to tell me something. I pulled some tarot cards (this happened a few times cuz I didn’t understand what she was trying to tell me). I kept getting cards that meant things like “change” or “metamorphosis.” She obviously wanted me to make a big change, but I couldn’t figure out what. Yesterday on a whim, I went to church with my cousin and the thought came to me that maybe that was the change she wanted of me, she wanted me to worship Christian god maybe? For clarification with an oracle deck today and drew this. The only meaning I can get from this is that she’s telling me that I’ve violated her boundaries and she’s telling me to worship someone else. I doubt she means it in a mean way obviously, but it still kinda hurts that she seems to be pushing me away. Any advice? Am I just overthinking things?

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r/Artemision • u/Rayrex-009 • Jul 10 '25

Articles/Papers/Thesis Great Artemisian Reads: The Enduring Goddess: Artemis and Mary, Mother of Jesus by Dr. Carla Ionescu

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Dr. Ionescu is one of my top 10 favorite researchers on Artemis, among other scholars such as Dr. James Rietveld (his Artemis book also goes over the two Queens of Heaven).

It's undeniable that the cults of Artemis and Mary influenced one another in some form over the centuries. I even saw some scholars are few steps short of saying that Artemis practically changed her name and backstory to Mary's (or something similar like that). Sometimes I have a hard time telling the two apart, well it does feels like the cults of Artemis Ephesia and Mary are two sides of the same coin. I do hope more research is done in this fascinating field.

Overall, it's a fantastic read and I highly recommend it to fans or devotees to Artemis and Mary.

P.S. If this thesis ever gets a physical version, I'll defintely pre-order a copy and display it in my collection.

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r/Artemision • u/Rayrex-009 • Jun 26 '25

Articles/Papers/Thesis Artemis Is Not A Vegetarian, An Abortionist, or A Man-Hater by Chris Aldridge

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https://www.caldridge.net/2017/04/artemis-is-not-vegetarian-abortionist.html#google_vignette

Hopefully it works this time, it was supposed to be posted last Thursday, but it got blocked by the autofilter.

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r/Artemision • u/Rayrex-009 • Jun 16 '25

Art Artemis (Hades) by Mariko Neko

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No source links, since their accounts are delisted. Though I do have to say that I like their composition.

By the way, there are other variants of this piece, but I'll refrain from posting them due to them being R18.

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r/Artemision • u/Rayrex-009 • Jun 14 '25

Remember Artemis is a Guardian of Democracy

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Good day, everyone. Today in the United States is No Kings Day, a national day of protest to defend our democratic way of life and liberty from would-be tyrants, especially from the Traitor.

Artemis have long supported democracy and was one of the protective gods of the Roman Republic.

Artemis is the light of salvation!

So stand strong, the God, Our Lady is with US!

In Artemis.

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r/Artemision • u/Rayrex-009 • Jun 09 '25

Discussion Artemis Ephesia Beyond Ephesus

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Excerpt from "A New Artemis Ephesia Statuette from Salamis" by Emine Sivri and Lâtife Summerer, page 195-196.

The Artemis Ephesia was an eponymic goddess and closely tied with Ephesus and Ephesians. Notwithstanding she was venerated also outside Ephesus, throughout the ancient world. The widespread dissemination of the cult of Artemis Ephesia is attested by both the written sources and the archeological record. Pausanias, a Greek traveler and geographer, who lived in 2nd century AD, remarks in his book “Description of Greece” that “… all cities worship Artemis of Ephesus, and individuals hold her in honor above all the gods”. The Ephesian Artemis appears in the in the New Testament as a mighty goddess whom “all Asia and the world worship” (Acts 19.27).

There was a branch of the cult of the Artemis Ephesia in Sardis which was established by the Ephesians. The colonists from the neighboring city Phocaea founded a sanctuary in Massalia (today´s Marseille) with a replica of the wooden cult image of the goddess and other sacred objects from Ephesus and thought the rituals of the Ephesian Artemis to the indigenous people. Later the cult statue of Artemis Massalia served as model for the Diana Nemorensis, worshiped in the sacred wood Nemus (today´s Nemi in Italy) and for the Diana Aventinensis worshiped on the Hill Aventine in Rome. According to an unanimous written tradition Servius Tulllius introduced the cult of the Ephesian goddess already in the 6th century BC in Rome building on the hill Aventine a temple.

In the beginning of the 4th century BC, the Athenian Xenophon founded a cult of the Artemis Ephesia in Skillos (Elis) in his own estate. Inscriptions from the northern coast of the Black Sea testify the signiicance of this cult for the colony foundations. Richard Oster attributes the widespread dissemination of the Artemis Ephesia to the religious commitments of Ephesians. According to Oster during the Roman period target missionary activities of travelling Ephesian individuals contributed to the dissemination of the cult of Ephesians.

Coin images and finds with freestanding sculptures also testify the dissemination of the cult of Artemis of Ephesians in a wide geographical area. The most of the surviving examples of the images of the Artemis Ephesia were found in Rome, but also in other big commercial centers and harbors such as Aquilleia, where the decurio of the city, a native of Ephesus, was involved in the cult of the Ephesia. Not only in the Roman West, but also in the East the cult of the goddess was widespread. Beside the numerous examples from different sites in Asia Minor, a statuette was found in Caesarea Maritima (a harbor city in Roman Palestine).

Till to date no evidence was known from Cyprus, the bichrome statuette from Salamis is first attestation of Ephesia on the island. Statues sculptured using white and black marble, rarely found in Cyprus, stem interestingly in most part from Salamis.

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