Cat his "History of Animals" that "female cats are naturally lecherous." The Greeks later syncretized their own goddess Artemis with the Egyptian goddess Bastet, adopting Bastet's associations with cats and ascribing them to Artemis. In Ovid's "Metamorphoses", when the gods flee to Egypt and take animal forms, the goddess Diana (the Roman equivalent of Artemis) turns into a cat. Cats eventually displaced ferrets as the pest control of choice because they were more pleasant to have around the house and were more enthusiastic hunters of mice. During the Middle Ages, many of Artemis's associations with cats were grafted onto the Virgin
Artemis Quartet Artemis Quartet The Artemis Quartet, named after the Greek goddess of hunt and wilderness, is a German string quartet. The quartet was founded 1989 in Lübeck and is now Berlin-based. They are especially noted for their performances of the Beethoven string quartets. The quartet's mentors have included Walter Levin, the Alban Berg Quartet, the Juilliard String Quartet and the Emerson String Quartet. The prize of the German Music Competition (1995) and first prize at the ARD Music Competition (1996) and the Premio Paolo Borciani (1997) paved the way to an international career. The recordings of the ensemble were awarded several