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Artemis vs Calydon - What's the difference?

artemis | calydon |

As proper nouns the difference between artemis and calydon

is that artemis is the Greek goddess of the hunt, wild animals, and wilderness; the daughter of Leto and Zeus; the sister of Apollo. Compare Diana while Calydon is an Ancient Greek city in the country of Ætolia, north of the Gulf of Patras in western Greece, situated on the west bank of the river Evenus.

artemis

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • (Greek god) The Greek goddess of the hunt, wild animals, and wilderness; the daughter of Leto and Zeus; the sister of Apollo.
  • (rare) . The male variation is Artemios.

    • Derived terms

    * Artemidean * Artemisian

    Synonyms

    * (sister of Apollo) Agrotora, Aphaea, Cynthia, Diana, Kourotrophos, Locheia, Phoebe, Potnia Theron

    Anagrams

    *

    See also

    * (wikipedia "Artemis")

    References

    * Arthur Cotterell, Oxford Dictionary of World Mythology (Oxford University Press, 1986)

    calydon

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (dated) * Kalydon * (dated)

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (historical) An Ancient Greek city in the country of Ætolia]], north of the [[w:Gulf of Patras, Gulf of Patras in western Greece, situated on the west bank of the river Evenus.
  • (historical, Greek mythology) The legendary founding king and eponym of the city of Calydon, whose failure to honour the goddess Artemis in a rite resulted in her sending the Calydonian Boar to lay waste to the city.

    • Derived terms

    * Calydonian * Calydonian Boar * Calydonian Hunt

    References