Goddess · Character in Homer’s Odyssey
Artemis
Huntress the fair are likened to
The measure of mortal beauty, and the gentle death good women pray for.
The virgin huntress of the golden arrows. Nausicaa among her maids and Penelope in her grief are both likened to her, and her painless shafts are the kind death good women pray for — Penelope asks her for one outright, rather than wed a lesser man than Odysseus.
Bonds
- Apollo brother of Artemis — twin archers of Leto
- Artemis daughter of Zeus — huntress of the golden arrows
Appears in
- Book IV Conference of Telemachus and Menelaus
- Book V Departure of Odysseus from Calypso
- Book VI Odysseus Discovered by Nausicaä
- Book XI Visit of Odysseus to the Land of the Dead
- Book XV Return of Telemachus
- Book XVII Return of Odysseus to His Palace
- Book XVIII Combat of Odysseus and Irus
- Book XIX Odysseus Recognized by Eurycleia
- Book XX The Last Banquet of the Suitors
Scenes
- Helen Recognizes Telemachus — Book IV. Helen enters, spots Odysseus’ likeness
- Calypso Protests, Then Yields — Book V. Calypso protests, yields to Zeus
- Washing and Games — Book VI. Maidens wash, bathe, and feast ashore
- Odysseus’ Supplication — Book VI. Odysseus begs Nausicaä, who calms maids
- Reunion with Anticleia — Book XI. Anticleia reports on family, eludes embrace
- Further Heroines — Book XI. Leda and Iphidameia pass by night
- Isle of Syria — Book XV. Eumaeus recounts royal birth on Syria
- Sold to Laertes — Book XV. Plot succeeds, Laertes buys Eumaeus
- Reunion with Penelope — Book XVII. Telemachus defers Penelope’s questions
- Penelope’s Divine Beauty — Book XVIII. Divine Athena beautifies sleeping Penelope
- Melantho’s Taunt — Book XIX. Melantho mocks Odysseus, he rebukes her
- Athena reassures him — Book XX. Athena vows to guard him, lulls him asleep
- Penelope’s prayer to Artemis — Book XX. Penelope begs Artemis for death after dream