Artemis was the twin sister of the god Apollo. Her father and mother were Zeus and Latona.
Artemis and her brother Apollo had fierce tempers. According to a Greek legend, They killed most of the children of Niobe, who had insulted her mother Leto comparing favorably her children with the twins Artemis and Apollo.
Artemis was the goddess of the Moon. She was also known as the goddess of the hunt. Romans identified Artemis with the Greek goddess Diana.
Diana was an ancient Italian goddess of woodland. In Capua and in Aricia, a locality near Rome, there is still shrines dedicated to the old Italian goddess. Diana was the twin sister of the god Apollo. Her father and mother were Jupiter and Latona.
Diana believed her body was very sacred, and so no man was to see her censured. One day a wandering hunter came across Diana bathing. She become very angry, and turned him into a stag.
She was always surrounded by young beautiful attendants, who used to hunt with her. Romans identified Diana with the Greek goddess Artemis. As Artemis, she was also a Moon goddess.