Alisa’s Reviews > Nobody's Mother: Artemis of the Ephesians in Antiquity and the New Testament > Status Update

Up to this point the most important things about Artemis are: she was a super chaste virgin and never wanted men to touch her, she was a midwife who had the power to grant pain-free childbirth and to euthanize if needed (particularly related to birthing), and she was never depicted as a mother or wet nurse.