Nor let any shun the yearly dance for not tearless to Hippo was her refusal to dance around the altar.'ДЄRTEMIS WRATH : NIOBE Artemis, Apollo and the children of Niobe, Athenian red-figure calyx krater C5th B.C., MusГ©e du Louvre Neither let any woo the Maiden for not Otos, nor Orion wooed her to their own good. For the son of Atreus vaunted him not that he suffered small requital. Nor let any contend with her in shooting of stags or in archery. For Oineus dishonoured her altar and no pleasant struggles came upon his city. SIPRIOTES A boy who was transformed into a girl by the goddess Artemis when he accidentally came across the goddess bathing.Д¬allimachus summarises the wrath of Artemis in his hymn to the goddess:-Д¬allimachus, Hymn 3 to Artemis 258 ff (trans. (In other versions of the story he was a friend of the goddess, slain by Gaia, or the goddess herself through a trick of her brother Apollon). ORION A giant of Delos or Krete (Greek Aegean) who was slain by Artemis, either because he boasted to be superior to the goddess in hunting, or because he attempted to rape the goddess or one of her companions. She, in her wrath, struck him down with deadly arrows. Artemis assumed the form of a deer and rushed between them, tricking them into casting their spears, missing, and felling each other instead.Д«OUPHAGOS (Buphagus) An Arkadian man (southern Greece) who attempted to rape the goddess Artemis. She transformed him into a stag and then incited his hounds to tear him apart in a mad frenzy.ДЄLOADAI, THE (Aloadae) Twin giants from Thessalia (northern Greece) who attempted to storm heaven and seize the goddesses Hera and Artemis for their wives. Her children Apollon and Artemis rushed to her rescue and slew the Gigante with their arrows, despatching him to Haides and eternal torture as punishment for the offense.ДЄKTAION (Actaeon) A young prince and hunter of Thebes in Boiotia (central Greece) who incurred the wrath of Artemis by spying upon her as she bathed (though some say he merely came across he by accident, but nevertheless failed to avert his gaze). TITYOS (Tityus) A giant of Phokis (central Greece) who attempted to rape the goddess Leto as she was passing through the region. (Most versions, however, say that it was Apollon alone who slew the beast). After their birth, Apollon and Artemis exacted revenge, slaying the monster with their arrows. PYTHON A giant dragon-serpent of Phokis (central Greece) who pursued the goddess Leto during her pregnancy and guarded the shrine of Delphoi. Some say, Artemis was merciful, and spared the youngest daughter.

Apollon and Artemis, her divine children, rushed to their mother's defence, descended upon Thebes and struck down the 14 children with their arrows (Apollon the seven boys, and Artemis the seven girls). NIOBE A queen of Thebes in Boiotia (central Greece) who was excessively proud of her 14 children and claimed superiority in motherhood over the goddess Leto. Artemis saw his guilt, and in her wrath, struck him down with arrows.

The gods Apollon and Artemis later appeared, seeking to avenge their mother, and Leimos slew his brother out of fear of accusation. LEIMON An Arkadian man (southern Greece) who induced his people to expel the pregnant goddess Leto when she came to the land seeking refuge. The two other 'Wrath' pages explore different themes. The most famous of these stories include the hybristic boasts of Niobe, the hunter Aktaion who spied upon her bath, the Aloadai giants who would take her for a bride and the lusts of the giant Orion. This page contains tales of the goddess' wrath incited by threats to her virginity and offences against her mother Leto. Diana Artemis, Athenian red-figure bell krater C5th B.C., Museum of Fine Arts BostonДЄRTEMIS was the Olympian goddess of hunting, wild animals, children and birth.

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