Artemisia

Artemisia a festival celebrated at Syracuse, Sicily, in honor of Artemis, or Diana. It lasted three days, during which feasting and amusements of various kinds were incessantly kept up. Festivals bearing the same name, and dedicated to the same goddess, were held in different parts of Greece, chiefly at Delphi, Ephesus, and Cyrene.

⇒Bible concordance for ARTEMAS.

⇒See also the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia.