Greek, Roman, What's The Difference? By Maya Angorn You're living in ancient Greece with your family. Since your father is a famous inventor, you live in a mansion with servants for your every need. Your father has even dedicated a temple for Zeus to you. This morning you walk to the temple and bow down in front of the altar, you give thanks for what you have and for your good fortune. Before you leave, you place a bowl of rich chicken broth on the altar, your favorite. Then you walk to the altar of Demeter, Athena, and Artemis, giving thanks for the harvest,the hunt, and that your aloud to learn and gain wisdom. When you're done giving the alters food from the harvest and a basket of wildflowers, you go inside to …show more content…
They are alike but are also quite different. Artemis is Greek and is very outgoing and loves to go hunting with her hounds. Diana is a Roman Goddess and is more shy than outgoing. She spends most of her time hunting by herself.
Artemis the Brave
Artemis is the daughter of Zeus and Leto (A titaness) and Greek Goddess. She has a twin named Apollo. Artemis is the Goddess of the hunt, the moon, the wild, young girls, and most surprisingly childbirth. Even though Artemis swore to never marry she's the Goddess of childbirth, or is at least perceived so because when she was born she immediately helped her mother with the birth of her twin Apollo who came about three minutes after her.
Most surprising of all, is that most of the olympians were half brothers or sisters because Zeus kept on running off with other Goddesses and Titans and having children. Another thing is that, Niobe bragged that she had had more children that Leto. (Niobe had had 14) then, Artemis and her twin Apollo hunted the children down and killed them (Gory right?).
These photos show us the greek and Roman family trees and how they are different. Pictures from
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She is a Roman Goddess. She has a twin named Apollo, the same as her Greek version Artemis. Diana is the Roman version of Artemis but with a few tweaks here and there. For example, Diana is the Goddess and protector of the poor and helpless. Even slaves could find sanctuary in her temples. One other thing is that if a slave wanted to become a priest of her temple he (it would always be a boy, girls weren't allowed to be priests) would have to break off a branch from one of her sacred olive trees and fight the former priest to the death, so you can guess how the trees looked after a
He was also the shepherd god and protected flocks of sheep. He had twin sister Artemis, who was a huntress and goddess of forest creatures. Another was Aphrodite, goddess of love and protector of marriage. She had a magic girdle which made her irristable to gods and mortals alike. Persephone was the daughter of Zeus and Demeter, she was goddess of spring time.
One way Diana contributed to the Ancient world was through women. Diana was the Goddess of babies and their mothers, and she was invoked by them. Women would pray to her for a child, and then, once pregnant, they would they pray for an easy delivery. This form of worship is attested in finds of votives statuettes in her sanctuary in the nemus of Aricinum as well as in Ancient sources (crystalinks). Diana became the goddess of babies and their mothers by devoting herself never to marry.
Artemis: Goddess of the Moon and the Hunt Artemis, who is Goddess of the Moon and the Hunt. She spends most of her time in the woods, surrounded by animals. Her Roman myth name is Diana, who also spend much of her time in the woods. Artemis has special powers, some of which include: being armed with arrows, able to inflict plague, and to heal. She is in charge of getting revenge on women, while her brother is in charge of doing the same with men.
-Hymn to Apollo discusses the birth of Apollo in the first portion (“To Delian Apollo). Artemis, however, is not mentioned.
Her mother was Leto, who was daughter of the titans, and her father was Zeus. As Soon as she was born she helped her mother give birth to her twin brother, Apollo. He was the God of the Sun (4). She became a huntress and guarded her virginity carefully. Artemis never married and she never had children yet she cared about them.
First, let's go through the history of Artemis. Artemis is the child of Zeus, the king
In Greco-Roman Culture, humans imagine the deities of mythology to be and act certain ways, due to the needs they must fill. People invented certain deities for reasons that align with what they needed from them. To examine how a deity has a certain purpose, one must first examine what they are like. Athena and Ares are examples of deities invented for very specific purposes. One must first look at Athena and Ares’ similarities and differences in relation to their characteristics, their sexuality and physical appearances, as well as their different powers and how they are worshipped, to discover why they were created.
Thesis: The Greek influence of outstanding culture, gods, and their beautiful art to the Romans’ they took this inspiration on to their own creation. Both ancient build devotion to their gods they would bring the most precious things to them temples, however, they would focus on making large empire to rule and to take control of their city-states.
One of the first mortals known was Demeter, the child of Zeus and Persephone, is known as the goddess of the underworld. After leaving Demeter, Zeus then moved on and mated with Leto with whom he then created the twin gods known as Artemis and Apollo. Apollo was known for many things following his birth. Apollo had a numours things he is remembered for, but a few is being the Olympian God of the Sun, the Light and the Music and the Prophecy. (GREEK-GODS.INFO 4).
Artemis, is one of those twelve Olympians and I believe her story to be one of the most interesting. Artemis is the child of Zeus and Leto, a titan. There are a few variations in the legend of her birth, but they all have the same main point. Her mother, Leto, was hiding from Hera on the island of Ortygia which is also known as Delos. Hera was trying to hunt Leto down as Hera claimed she were not allowed to give birth any place under the sun.
Leto was one of the titanides / female titans also a bride of Zeus and a mother to two gods, Apollon, and Artemis. Leto is a goddess that has children and she protects them like they are a precious element in the world. When Leto was pregnant with her twins, a goddess named Hera followed her around and made her leave that lands that she had known, so that she could not give birth to her twins. The floating island of Delos gave her shelter to give birth.
Comparing and contrasting the civilizations of ancient Greece and Rome, they were similar in regards to family structure, where in both civilizations the man of the family had authority and power over his wife and all other members of his family, as well as being similar in their commonality of being ruled by political military leaders. Among other things, Greece and Rome differed in their religion once they broke away from the gods they shared, as well as the longevity of each empire. In both Greece and Rome the social family structure was similar in that the male was the head of the family and had absolute power over the women of the family. Life in ancient Greece was quite different for men and women.
Focusing on two of history’s most notorious mythologies, Greek and Roman, one may believe that they are exceedingly comparable; however, beyond a first glance, it is clear that each system is extremely distinguished. The Roman Empire, developed nearly a millennia following the great, Greek Trojan war, was highly influenced by the elaborate Greek myths of gods, goddesses, monsters, and mythical creatures. Their captivation of Greek culture bore a permanent effect on the Roman Empire, as Rome adopted much that defined Greece, including its art, philosophy, literature, drama, and most importantly, mythology. However, despite their indistinguishable origins, Roman and Greek mythologies prove to be very individualized.
She was the most respected goddess on Mount Olympus. She had a twin brother named Apollo. She was one of the goddesses that was a virgin. She was also the goddess of childbirth because she helped her mother with the birth of her twin brother. She was actually the daughter of Zeus and Leto.
Artemis’ roman name was Diana. Her dad was Zeus and her mom was Leto. She had a twin brother named Apollo which also is one of the big twelve. He is the god of art. They were complete opposites. Apollo was kind, warm and loving, but Artemis is only nice to her family but anybody else she was mean, cold, and pitiless (Donn, Lin). Artemis’ symbol is the bow and arrow, stag, hunting dog, and the crescent moon. Artemis loved animals and actually became the protector of all animals although she liked to hunt them even more. She was a very skilled huntress. One myth to prove this is, one time when Apollo noticed that Artemis was spending a lot of time hunting with the giant Orion, he decided to put an end to their relationship. He challenged Artemis to prove her skill at archery by shooting at an object floating far out at sea. Her shot was perfect. The target turned out to be the head of Orion (Leadbetter, Ron). Although she had a hot temper and she was kind of mean, Artemis is a really interesting Greek