After an absence of 50 years, Nasa is returning to the Moon. This time the programme is named after Artemis, the Greek goddess of the Moon and twin sister of Sun god Apollo.Not only is it a better ...

As a scholar of Greek mythology, I find the name of the mission quite evocative: The Greeks and Romans associated Artemis with the Moon, and she has also become a modern-day feminist icon. Bust of ...

Despite their dark color, the facial features and hair of the goddess embody the classical Greek ideal of beauty. There are no traces of black physiognomic traits, as might be expected.

One day Artemis was bathing in the sacred pool when a young man named Actaeon happened to walk past. He had heard tales of the goddess, of course, but never had he imagined she was so beautiful.

Artemis, the moon goddess and Apollo's twin sister in Greek mythology, is a befitting name for NASA's latest lunar mission, which plans to put the first woman on the moon by 2024.

According to Greek mythology, Artemis — who was daughter of Zeus (king of the gods), and twin sister of Apollo (god of the sun, light and also archery) — hunted with Orion, ...