English Explanatory Dictionary

Artemides

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The seven daughters of the Semitic goddess Astarte as mentioned by Eusebius (quoting Philo of Byblos) in the Praeparatio evangelica, understood as midwives, with their name echoing Artemis's role as a goddess of childbirth.

Word forms

Artemides the Artemides

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀρτέμιδες (Artémides), plural of Ἄρτεμις (Ártemis, “Artemis”).

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