View Greek Mythology Huntress Artemis Images. Her roman equivalent is diana. She is the sister of the greek god of the sun, apollo and is the daughter of zeus and the titan leto.

Artemis was the ancient greek goddess of hunting, the wilderness and wild animals. Artemis is the greek goddess of hunting and of the moon and is one of the 12 olympians. Artemis was worshiped in most greek cities but only as a secondary deity.

However, to the greeks in asia minor (modern day turkey) she was a prominent deity.

Artemis and mount olympus in greek mythology the principle greek gods, that included artemis, were referred to as the twelve olympians and lived on the summit of mount olympus which was protected by a special layer of clouds. Artemis is the goddess of chastity, virginity, the hunt, the moon, and the natural environment.she was the daughter of zeus and leto, twin sister of. Yet in either case she appears as a youthful and vigorous divinity, as becomes the sister of apollo. She tied it with a silver ribbon then turned round to face.