~ ARTEMIS     or
~ ARTEMISIA   also DIANA  CYNTHIA  DELIA  HECATE  LUNA
                   PHOEBE  SELENE  LUCINDA
              id+ | PHOBIA TO CHILDBIRTH |
                   this is part A
              for part B see> DIANA
~ ARTEMISION  GIGANTIC TEMPLE OF ARTEMIS AT EPHESUS
              for more see> EPHESUS
  hx> ONE KEY WORSHIP SITE WAS IN EPHESUS
      SOME SAY HUMAN SACRIFICES OCCURRED IN HER HONOR
  note another name ARTEMIS ARETHUSA
  myth> ARTEMIS HAS ORIENTAL ROOTS AND WAS KNOWN AS
        ARTEMIS EPHESIA BECAUSE EPHESUS WAS THE
  PRINCIPAL WORSHIP SITE
  AT ONE POINT HER TEMPLE WAS SUSTAINED BY CROESUS
  THE TEMPLE WAS ONE OF THE WONDERS OF THE WORLD
  ANOTHER MAJOR WORSHIP SITE WAS MARSEILLES
  THE GREEKS REPRESENT ARTEMIS AS
  THE DAUGHTER OF ZEUS & LETO
  MOMENTS AFTER HER BIRTH
  HER DIVINE NATURE LET HER ASSIST
  HER MOTHER LETONA TO DELIVER HER CO TWIN
  BROTHER APOLLO
  THIS WAS A DEFINING EXPERIENCE FOR ARTEMIS
  THE PAIN OF CHILDBIRTH ENDURED BY LETONA
  LED ARTEMIS TO VOW TO REMAIN A VIRGIN or in
  gr PARTHENOS = UNMARRIED
                 NOT NECESSARILY VIRGIN
     PARTHENIA   CONCUBINE in Sparta
  note HISTORY OF CHRISTIAN RECORDS MANY
       VIEWS OPPOSING THE IDEA THAT
  SAINT MARY WAS A VIRGIN
  JESUS OF NAZARETH HAD A BROTHER
  lit+ note the story of the
       LOVE OR ARTEMIS for see> ENDYMION
  a story of PURE or PLATONIC LOVE
  art> in EPHESUS ARTEMIS IS REPRESENTED WITH
       11 TO 44 BREAST LIKE UDDERS but
  IN FACT THEY ARE PALM DATES
  note THE DATE PALM WAS
       THE SACRED TREE OF ARTEMIS
  note DIANA BECAME THE PATRONESS OF AMAZONS
       CHILDBIRTH UNMARRIED GIRLS and CHASTITY
  note ARTEMIS REMAINED ETERNALLY YOUNG AND
       BECAME QUITE INTERESTED IN HUNTING
  SHE HAD A VINDICTIVE CHARACTER
  SHE EVEN GAVE PAIN TO THOSE DYING IN CHILDBIRTH
  SHE KILLED THE CHILDREN OF see> NIOBE
  TO REVENGE AN INSULT TO HER MOTHER LETO
  SHE ALSO KILLED TITYUS
  AS HE WAS TRYING TO RAPE LETO etc
  note BOTH APOLLO AND ARTEMIS HAVE
       STREAKS OF CRUELTY
  ARTEMIS ORDERED THAT
  see> ACTAEON BE TORTURED TO DEATH
  WHO BY PURE ACCIDENT SAW ARTEMIS NUDE
  OTHERS RELATED THAT ARTEMIS KILLED CALLISTO
  FOR BEING IMPREGNANTED BY ZEUS
  MILDER ACCOUNTS OF SUCH EVENTS ALSO EXIST
  for a MORE POSITIVE PROFILE see> DIANA
  art> MANY AMPHORA SHOW ARTEMIS
       WITH A QUIVER ON HER SHOULDER AND
  HOLDING TO SOME SORT OF A DEAD BEAST
  HER WORSHIP EMPHASIZED THE MOON
  THE WORSHIP OF HER TWIN BROTHER APOLLO
  EMPHASIZED THE SUN
  note a copy of a superior sculpture of
  ARTEMIS from 4th century BC is known as
  ARTEMIS OF VERSAILLES
  biol> SAGEBRUSH or SAGER BRUSH FOUND
        IN HIGH DESERTS IN WESTERN USA or
  lat ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA also known as CHAMISO
  other species incl crust ARTEMIA ARTEMIDORA
  bot ARTEMESIA ARTEMESIAE FOLIA
  mamm PERIMYSCUS MANICULATUS ARTEMESIA
  med> ARTEMISIA ABSINTHIUM or WORMWOOD CONTAINS A
       BITTER OIL FORMERLY USED FOR THE PREPARATION OF
  ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES THAT ARE
  NO LONGER LEGALLY AVAILABLE because
  THEY CAUSE BLINDNESS AND OTHER SERIOUS
  NEUROTOXIC EFFECTS
  see> WORMWOOD or see> CHORNOBYL
  see> ABSINTHE

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