Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Artemis"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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}).
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Artemis
n : (Greek mythology) the virgin goddess of the hunt and the
moon; daughter of Leto and twin sister of Apollo;
identified with Roman Diana [syn: {Artemis}, {Cynthia}]
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