Artemis Mythology Unbound: An On-line Textbook For Classical Mythology
She then takes Hippolytos to Italy, exactly where he becomes a priest of one of her sacred shrines and lives to old age. Desiring a herd of golden deer to pull her chariot, Artemis gathered the Hunters to assist in capturing them. Britomartis, a demigod whom Artemis would later reward as a minor goddess identified as the “Lady of Nets”, sets snares and concealed nets to capture their prey. The other Hunters make noise to lure out the golden deer,…