Athena-Artemis Athena-Artemis The book Athena-Artemis (Helsinki: Kirja kerrallaan 2005 and 2006) is compilation of a novel and other texts. In Seppo Sakari Telenius' novel manuscript (1992), published as Auringolla ratsastajat ("Riders on the Sun") [Goddess Artemis Ltd., 1995 and 1996. Books on Demand GmbH, 2011. ], the goddess of war has no name. The goddess shows up as a combination of Minerva and Pallas Athena. The other important personage in the novel Nina Minerva, she too carries characteristics of the goddess. On the other hand Nina Minerva has, especially in her youth, been more like Artemis and Diana. At the end
Cult of Artemis at Brauron the priestess represented all the young women of the community, violation of the social requirement that young women be kept from sexual experience until the time of marriage.” The young participants in the Brauronia were expected to act in a certain way to stay in good favor with Artemis. “The anger of Artemis was always a risk. One commentator describes the girls celebrating the "arkteia" at Brauron as ‘soothing’ or ‘appeasing’ the goddess… Another says that girls had to ‘placate the goddess for their virginity ("parthenia"), so that they would not be the object of revenge from her.’ "As soon