2. The Arcadian Artemis is a goddess of the nymphs, and was worshipped
as such in Arcadia in very early times. Her sanctuaries and temples were more numerous in this
country than in any other part of Greece. There was no connexion between the Arcadian Artemis
and Apollo, nor are there any traces here of the ethical character which is so prominent in
Artemis, the sister of Apollo. These circumstances, together with the fact, that her surnames
and epithets in Arcadia are nearly all derived from the mountains, rivers, and lakes, shew
that here she was the representative of some part or power of nature. In Arcadia she hunted
with her nymphs on Taygetus, Erymanthus, and Maenalus; twenty nymphs accompanied her during
the chase, and with sixty others, daughters of Oceanus, she held her dances in the forests of
the mountains. Her bow, quiver, and arrows, were made by Hephaestus, and Pan provided her with
dogs. Her chariot was drawn by four stags with golden antlers. (Callim. Hymn.
in Dian. 13, 81, 90, &c.; ALPHEIUS], and thus it is intelligible why fish were sacred to her. (