Temple of Artemis image carried through the streets and surrounded by maidens. In the Roman Imperial era, the emperor Commodus lent his name to the festival games, and might have sponsored them. From the Greek point of view, the Ephesian Artemis is a distinctive form of their goddess Artemis. In Greek cult and myth, Artemis is the twin of Apollo, a virgin huntress who supplanted the Titan Selene as goddess of the Moon. At Ephesus, a goddess whom the Greeks associated with Artemis was venerated in an archaic, pre-Hellenic cult image that was carved of wood (a "xoanon") and kept decorated with jewelry.
Ivan (name) It is the Slavic relative of the Latin name "Johannes", corresponding to English "John". This Slavic version of the name originates from New Testament Greek "" ("Iōánnēs") rather than from the Latin "Io(h)annes". The Greek name is in turn derived from Hebrew יוֹחָנָן ("Yôḥānān"), meaning "YHWH (God) is gracious". The name is ultimately derived from the Biblical Hebrew name יוחנן (), short for יהוחנן (), meaning "God is merciful". Common patronymics derived from the name are Ivanović (Serbo-Croatian), Ivanov (Russian and Bulgarian), and Ivanovich (Russian, used as middle name), corresponding to "Ivan's son". The name is common among Russians, Ukrainians,