What is "artemis"

Artemis \Artemis\ n. 1. 1 the virgin goddess of the hunt and the moon in Greek mythology; one of the Olympian deities, daughter of Zeus and Leto and twin sister of Apollo; identified with the Roman Diana.

Syn: Cynthia, Diana.

Diana \Di*a"na\, n. [L. Diana.] (Myth.) The daughter of Jupiter and Latona; a virgin goddess who presided over hunting, chastity, and marriage; -- identified with the Greek goddess Artemis.

And chaste Diana haunts the forest shade.
--Pope.

Diana monkey (Zo["o]l.), a handsome, white-bearded monkey of West Africa ( Cercopithecus Diana). [1913 Webster] ||

Greek goddess of the moon, wild animals, hunting, childbirth, etc.; sister of Apollo; her name is of unknown origin.

Artemis (; , Ártemis, ) was one of the most widely venerated of the Ancient Greek deities. Her Roman equivalent is Diana. Some scholars believe that the name, and indeed the goddess herself, was originally pre-Greek. Homer refers to her as Artemis Agrotera, Potnia Theron: "Artemis of the wildland, Mistress of Animals". The Arcadians believed she was the daughter of Demeter.

In the classical period of Greek mythology, Artemis was often described as the daughter of Zeus and Leto, and the twin sister of Apollo. She was the Hellenic goddess of the hunt, wild animals, wilderness, childbirth, virginity and protector of young girls, bringing and relieving disease in women; she often was depicted as a huntress carrying a bow and arrows. The deer and the cypress were sacred to her. In later Hellenistic times, she even assumed the ancient role of Eileithyia in aiding childbirth.

Artemis generally refers to the goddess of Greek myth.

Artemis may also refer to:

Artemis is a tiny lunar impact crater located in the Mare Imbrium. Craters of this dimension typically form cup-shaped excavations on the surface of the Moon. It lies near the midpoint between the craters Euler to the west and Lambert to the east. Just a few kilometers to the southeast is the even smaller Verne.

It is named after Artemis, Greek goddess of the moon.

Artemis, in comics, may refer to:

• Artemis (Marvel Comics), a goddess in the Marvel Universe
• Artemiz, a member of the Female Furies
• Artemis of Bana-Mighdall, the Amazon who became Wonder Woman for a short time in the 1990s
• Artemis Crock, the current incarnation of the DC villainess, who used the name "Artemis" during her period working with Injustice Society
• Evelyn Sharp / Artemis, a vigilante introduced in Arrow's 4th season
• Artemis, a Wildstorm character and Coda warrior
• Artemis, a short-lived member of the Star Chamber in the Milestone Media universe

Artemis is one of the largest brothel in Germany, where :prostitution and pimping are legal and widespread. The 'wellness' brothel opened in Berlin in September 2005, a four-story building complete with a pool, three saunas, two cinemas, and with room for up to 70 prostitutes and 600 punters.

Artemis Pet Food Company, Inc. is a manufacturer and supplier of holistic pet foods. Established in 1998, and based in Carson, California on the premise that an animal's health starts with its diet.

Artemis is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Artemis is the goddess of the hunt and the moon in the Olympian pantheon. Zeus is her father, and Apollo is her brother.

Artemis is the brand name of a family of software based project planning and management tools.

Artemis , also called Prasonisi (, "leek island"), is a small uninhabited islet close to the southern coast of Crete in the Libyan Sea. It is located south-east of Elafonisi. Administratively, it is within the municipality of Innachori, in Chania regional unit.

Artemis Investment Management LLP is a UK–based fund manager, offering a range of funds which invest in the UK, Europe, the US and around the world.

Clients' investments are spread across a range of funds, an investment trust, a venture capital trust, and both pooled and segregated institutional portfolios.

Artemis is a geostationary earth orbit satellite (GEOS) for telecommunications, built for ESA. The Artemis satellite operates at the 21.5E orbital position.

The mission was planned for many years, with launch initially intended for 1995 and slipping; it was intended for launch on Ariane 5 but at one point there were suggestions that a Japanese H-II rocket might be used.

Launched by an Ariane 5 rocket on 12 July 2001, it originally reached an orbit much lower than planned (590 km x 17487 km) due to a malfunction in the launch vehicle's upper stage. It was remotely reconfigured to reach its intended station by means of a novel procedure. First, over the course of about a week, most of its chemical fuel was used to put it in a 31,000 km circular orbit (by raising first the apogee then the perigee, going via a 590 km x 31000 km orbit). Then, its electric-ion motor — originally intended for station keeping and for firing a few minutes at a time — was instead kept running for most of 18 months, pushing the spacecraft into an outward spiral trajectory. It gained altitude at the rate of about 15 km per day, until it reached the intended geostationary orbit.

On January 1, 2014 Avanti, a London-based company, took the ownership of the satellite.