GODS GODDESSES OF THE ANCIENT WORLD Gods and goddesses were the main characters of myths Myths are traditional stories from ancient cultures Storytellers answered questions about the world by creating exciting explanations People thought myths were true Myths explained the unexplainable They helped people make sense of human behavior and nature Today we use science to explain the world But people still love myths Myths may not be literally true But they have meaning They tell us something about our history and culture Artemis by Virginia Loh-Hagan
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Dr Virginia Loh-Hagan is an author university professor former classroom teacher and curriculum designer Like Artemis she loves her hounds Her hounds don’t hunt they eat sleep and wait to be petted She lives in San Diego with her very tall husband and very naughty dogs To learn more about her visit www virginialoh com Published in the United States of America by Cherry Lake Publishing Ann Arbor Michigan www cherrylakepublishing com Content Adviser Matthew Wellenbach Catholic Memorial School West Roxbury MA Reading Adviser Marla Conn MS Ed Literacy specialist Read-Ability Inc Book Designer Jen Wahi Photo Credits S-F Shutterstock com 5 michelangeloop Shutterstock com 6 Artesia Wells Shutterstock com 8 melis Sthutterstock com 11 Sergey Nivens Shutterstock com 13 vectorfusionart Shutterstock com 15 Volodymyr Burdiak Shutterstock com 17 Howard David Johnson 2016 19 Tlapy007 Shutterstock com 21 mareandmare istockphoto com 22 traveler1116 istockphoto com 25 LilKar Shutterstock com 27 Sergey Nivens Shutterstock com 29 Howard David Johnson 2016 Cover various art elements throughout shutterstock com Copyright 2017 by Cherry Lake Publishing All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means without written permission from the publisher 45th Parallel Press is an imprint of Cherry Lake Publishing Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names Loh-Hagan Virginia author Title Artemis by Virginia Loh-Hagan Description Ann Arbor Cherry Lake Publishing 2017 Series Gods and goddesses of the ancient world Includes bibliographical references and index Identifiers LCCN 2016031223 ISBN 9781634721363 hardcover ISBN 9781634722681 pbk ISBN 9781634722025 pdf ISBN 9781634723343 ebook Subjects LCSH Artemis Greek deity Juvenile literature Goddesses Greek Juvenile literature Mythology Greek Juvenile literature Classification LCC BL820 D5 L65 2017 DDC 292 2 114 dc23 LC record available at https lccn loc gov 2016031223 Printed in the United States of America Corporate Graphics 2
3 TABLE OF CONTENTS ABOUT THE AUTHOR 2 CHAPTER 1 Happy and Single 4 CHAPTER 2 The Huntress 10 CHAPTER 3 Hit and Don’t Miss 14 CHAPTER 4 Aim and Shoot 20 CHAPTER 5 Moon Goddess 26 Did You Know 30 Consider This 31 Learn More 31 Glossary 32 Index 32
