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@article{1362971,
author = {Blažek, Václav},
article_location = {Brno},
article_number = {2},
doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.5817/GLB2016-2-4},
keywords = {theonym; epithet; compound; etymology; Mycenaean; Greek; Hurrian},
language = {eng},
issn = {1803-7402},
journal = {Graeco-Latina Brunensia},
title = {Artemis and her family},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/11222.digilib/136225},
volume = {21},
year = {2016}
}
TY - JOUR
ID - 1362971
AU - Blažek, Václav
PY - 2016
TI - Artemis and her family
JF - Graeco-Latina Brunensia
VL - 21
IS - 2
SP - 39-50
EP - 39-50
PB - Masarykova univerzita
SN - 18037402
KW - theonym
KW - epithet
KW - compound
KW - etymology
KW - Mycenaean
KW - Greek
KW - Hurrian
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11222.digilib/136225
L2 - http://hdl.handle.net/11222.digilib/136225
N2 - In the present contribution the main etymological attempts to explain the theonym Ártemis are summarized and analyzed. With regard to vacillation in the root vocalism, already in the My¬cenaean records, and the dominance of worship of this goddess in Asia Minor, the hypothesis of non-Greek origin is to be preferred. Discussing the epithets mediated by ancient authors, it seems that most of them were transferred from Artemis’ brother Apollo. A new solution is based on her epithet Týkhé “Fortune” known especially from numismatic legends from various cities of Peloponnese, Lesbos, Asia Minor and Gerasa in North Jordan. The hypothetical primary compound *Ar-temi- would mean “giving omen” in Hurrian, where both components are attested and safely interpreted, and this type of personal name is very frequent.
ER -
BLAŽEK, Václav. Artemis and her family. \textit{Graeco-Latina Brunensia}. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2016, vol.~21, No~2, p.~39-50. ISSN~1803-7402. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.5817/GLB2016-2-4.
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