Artume Explained

Artume (also called Aritimi, Artames, or Artumes) was an Etruscan goddess who was the mistress of animals, goddess of human assemblies, and hunting deity of Neolithic origin. Etruscans later appropriated the Greek goddess Artemis.[1] Aritimi was also considered the founder of the Etruscan town Aritie which is today the Italian town Arezzo.[2]

Artume in popular culture

Artume appeared as a recurring character in Marvel Comics.[3] However, this is not the goddess, but a daughter of Hippolyta in Marvel Comics, similar to how her DC counterpart uses the goddess's Roman name.

Notes and References

  1. As Artimi, see Denise Demetriou, Negotiating Identity in the Ancient Mediterranean: The Archaic and Classical Greek Multiethnic Emporia (Cambridge University Press, 2012), 70. books.google.com/books?id=p0qwCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA70 And Book: Thomson de Grummond, Nancy . Etruscan Myth, Sacred History, and Legend . 2006 . University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology . 978-1-931707-86-2. 12, 51, 99–103, 130–32, 141, 149, 158. Referred to as "Artumes".
  2. Pittau, Massimo (2006). Toponimi Italiani di origine Etrusca. (Sassari, Magnum Edizioni). Referenced in English on the Aritimi-Rezzo connection in Flavio Carnevale and Marcello Ranieri, "Lunistices at Sesto Fiorentino: An Investigation on Geometry and Alignments of the Tholos Tombs of the Etruscan Princes", Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry 16/4 (2016), 224. Online at http://maajournal.com/Issues/2016/Vol16-4/Full31.pdf
  3. Web site: Incredible Hercules #124 . Van Lente, Fred . Pak, Greg . December 31, 2008 . Marvel Universe. 26 April 2010. etal.

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Artume".

Except where otherwise indicated, Everything.Explained.Today is © Copyright 2009-2024, A B Cryer, All Rights Reserved. Cookie policy.