Artemisia

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Usage：Ancient Greek

Meaning & History：

Feminine form of ARTEMISIOS. This was the name of the 4th-century BC builder of the Mausoleum, one of the seven wonders of the world. She built it in memory of her husband, the Carian prince Mausolus.

ARTEMISIOS male Ancient Greek

From an ancient Greek name which was derived from the name of the Greek goddess ARTEMIS.

ARTEMIS female Greek Mythology, Greek

Meaning unknown, possibly related either to Greek αρτεμης (artemes) "safe" or αρταμος (artamos) "a butcher". Artemis was the Greek goddess of the moon and hunting, the twin of Apollo and the daughter of Zeus and Leto. She was known as Diana to the Romans.

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EQUIVALENTS

GREEK MYTHOLOGY: Artemis

MASCULINE FORMS

ANCIENT GREEK: Artemisios