place
Ortygia
also: Ὀρτυγία
The place named as Artemis's birthplace, as Delos is Apollo's, in Hymn 3's opening invocation; ancient sources vary on whether it names a spot on or near Delos or a separate island.
Reading notes
- The Homeric Hymns §3.1 Ortygia
The place named as Artemis's birthplace, as Delos is Apollo's, in Hymn 3's opening invocation; ancient sources vary on whether it names a spot on or near Delos or a separate island.
- The Odyssey §15.390 Ortygia
The island Eumaeus names to locate his birthplace: Syria lies above it, he says, 'where the turnings of the sun are'. Artemis also kills Orion there in Calypso's complaint in Book 5.