Callimachus' Hymn to Artemis

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Callimachus' Hymn to Artemis is a Hellenistic Greek poem that celebrates the goddess Artemis’ birth, character, and divine exploits in Callimachus’ characteristically learned and refined style.

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Callimachus' Hymn to Artemis canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek poem ⓘ
hymn ⓘ
literary work ⓘ
associatedDeity Apollo ⓘ
Artemis ⓘ
Leto ⓘ
author Callimachus of Cyrene ⓘ
linked to: Callimachus
containsMyth Artemis as huntress with bow and arrows ⓘ
linked to: Artemis

Artemis as leader of nymphs ⓘ
Artemis’ role in childbirth ⓘ
birth of Artemis on Delos ⓘ
culturalContext Alexandrian poetry ⓘ
culturalOrigin Greek ⓘ
genre cult hymn ⓘ
religious poetry ⓘ
influencedBy Homeric Hymns ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
literaryPeriod Hellenistic period ⓘ
literaryTechnique catalogue ⓘ
direct address to deity ⓘ
etiological narrative ⓘ
meter hexameter ⓘ
narrativeMode first-person address by poet ⓘ
third-person narrative ⓘ
originalMedium manuscript ⓘ
placeOfComposition likely Alexandria ⓘ
portraysArtemisAs daughter of Zeus and Leto ⓘ
huntress ⓘ
protector of young girls ⓘ
virgin goddess ⓘ
religiousFunction praise of Artemis ⓘ
setting mythic Greece ⓘ
style allusive ⓘ
learned ⓘ
refined ⓘ
subject Artemis ⓘ
survivingStatus extant in fragmentary manuscript tradition ⓘ
theme birth of Artemis ⓘ
character of Artemis ⓘ
divine exploits of Artemis ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
protection of children ⓘ
relationship between gods and mortals ⓘ
virginity of Artemis ⓘ
tradition Greek mythological tradition ⓘ
workInCollection Callimachus' Hymns ⓘ

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Arethusa → sourceText → Callimachus' Hymn to Artemis ⓘ
Alpheus → sourceText → Callimachus' Hymn to Artemis ⓘ