Artemis (DC Comics) Artemis (DC Comics) Artemis is a character in DC Comics. She is based on the Greek goddess of the same name. Artemis first appeared in "Wonder Woman" #4. Artemis is the Goddess of Wild Animals, the Hunt, and the Moon as well as the twin sister of Apollo. She had a hand in helping her fellow Gods into bringing Queen Hippolyta's sculpture of a little girl to life which played into the origin of Wonder Woman. Queen Hippolyta named her daughter after Artemis' alias. It was also mentioned that Artemis gave her keen eyes like a hunter. On Earth-Two, Artemis
Iana (goddess) Roscher includes Iana among the "indigitamenta", the list of deities maintained by Roman priests to assure that the correct divinity was invoked for rituals. Iana (goddess) Iana is the name of an ancient Roman goddess associated with arches and the moon, usually identified as either a form of Diana or the female counterpart of Janus. Varro (1st century BC) uses the name in his agricultural treatise, in a passage of dialogue in which the interlocutors explain that some farming tasks should be done when the moon is waxing, while the waning phase facilitates others, such as harvesting, shearing sheep, and