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{{Short description|Cretan goddess of mountains and hunting}}
{{About||the butterfly genus|Britomartis (butterfly)|the Senone chief fl. 280s BC|Britomaris|the Gaulish commander fl. 220s BC|Viridomarus}}
[[File:The Drowning of Britomartis, 1547–59.jpg|thumb|''The Drowning of Britomartis'', probably design by [[Jean Cousin the Elder]], tapestry]]
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'''Britomartis''' ({{IPAc-en||b|r|ɪ|t|oʊ|'|m|ɑːr|t|ɪ|s}};<ref>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/newcenturyclassi00aver/page/226/mode/2up |page=227 |title=New Century Classical Handbook |first=Catherine B. |last=Avery |publisher=Appleton-Century-Crofts |location=New York |year=1962}}</ref>{{lang-grc-gre|Βριτόμαρτις}}) was a [[Greek goddess]] of mountains and hunting, who was primarily worshipped on the island of [[Crete]]. She was sometimes believed to be an [[oread]],
In the 16th century, the naming of a character identified with English military prowess as "Britomart" in [[Edmund Spenser]]'s knightly [[Epic poetry|epic]] ''[[The Faerie Queene]]''
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==Etymology==
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In the second century CE, the Greek writer [[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]] describes Britomartis saying, "She was made a goddess by Artemis, and she is worshipped, not only by the Cretans, but also by the [[Aegina|Aiginetans]]."<ref name="2.30.3">[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0525.tlg001.perseus-eng1:2.30.3 2.30.3].</ref>
[[Antoninus Liberalis]] wrote that after escaping Minos, she arrived at Aegina, but a local fisherman named Andromedes tried to lay hands on her, so she jumped off her boat, and became known as [[Aphaea]], a local Aeginetan goddess, whose name Antoninus interprets as 'she who disappeared'. In Britomartis's place, a statue appeared in a temple of Artemis in Aegina.<ref>[[Antoninus Liberalis]],
== As Diktynna ==
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==See also==
*[[HMS Britomart|HMS ''Britomart'']],
==Notes==
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== References ==
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[[Category:Oreads]]
[[Category:Hunting goddesses]]
[[Category:Greek virgin goddesses]]
[[Category:Children of Zeus]]
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[[Category:Deeds of Artemis]]
[[Category:Metamorphoses into inanimate objects in Greek mythology]]
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