Artemis was the Greek goddess of hunting, wild nature, and chastity. Daughter of Zeus and sister of Apollo, Artemis was a patron of girls and young women, and a protectress during childbirth. Artemis was widely worshipped but her most famous cult site was the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
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c. 800 BCE - c. 700 BCEHomer of Greece writes his Iliad and Odyssey.
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c. 700 BCEGreek poet Hesiod writes his Theogony and Works and Days.
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c. 550 BCE - c. 430 BCEConstruction of the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
