Artemis – one of the most respected deities in Macedonia, a female pandas of Dionysus. As a goddess of nature and forests, the rocks in Philippi is represented by the Tony Artimea Destrophoros; The terracotty found in Varos and Pella is shown with Cup poppy in the hair; In Amphol is a deity-bull – Artemis Taurotolos. It receives different names associated with Macedonian Topalle of Artemis, (Stobi, ⅰ c.) Nimi (peasantitis, gazorethis), who speak for an autochthonous deity. Teonimi: Agroother, Ziaia, Ksengos are typical of Macedonian mythology. Herodotus calls the “Queen” on which women’s Payoni and Thracians offer gifts wrapped in wheat straw. In Debreste (Pelagonia), a terracotta bust of Artemis – Enodia, represented by a horseback of the shoulder, a dog head beneath, diames and bilda in the hair; Similar terracotta was found in Chepigovo (ⅱ century eg. HE). Lit.: D. Tyojsny, A. Cermen, Glossary Dictionary and Rimske mythology, Belgrade, 1979; N. Proceed, studies on ancient Macedonians, Skopje, 1997. A. Shook.
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