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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]].
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]].

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From Greek mythology, (Roman name: Diana) the goddess of hunting, wild animals, girls before their 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.