Date
Name Britomartis
Gender Feminine
Usage Greek Mythology
Scripts Βριτόμαρτις
Other Forms FormsBritomart
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Meaning & History
Possibly means "sweet maiden", from Cretan βριτύ #(britu)# "sweet" or "blessing" (Attic #glyku#) and #martis# "maiden" (Attic #parthenos#). This was an epithet of a Cretan goddess of mountains and hunting who was sometimes identified with ARTEMIS.