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| From [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] [[mythology]], (Roman name: ''Diana'') the [[Greek god|goddess]] of hunting, wild animals, girls before their [[marriage|marriages]], who brings sudden [[death]] to [[women]] in the same way that [[Apollo]] brings sudden death to [[men]]. She is the twin [[sister]] of Apollo, [[daughter]] of [[Zeus]] and [[Leto]]; after Homer, she began to be identified with the [[moon]]. Source: [[Elizabeth Vandiver]], [[Classics]] [[scholarship|scholar]], authority on Greek mythology and [[Greek tragedy]], including the ''[[Iliad]]'', ''[[Odyssey]]'', ''[[Aeneid]]'', [[Homer]], and [[Virgil]]. This definition is based on her course ''Classical Mythology'' for [[The Teaching Company]].
| | In [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] [[mythology]], the maiden goddess of hunting, wild animals, and girls before their [[marriage]], but also of childbirth. |
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In Greek mythology, the maiden goddess of hunting, wild animals, and girls before their marriage, but also of childbirth.
