Artemis was a goddess.
Apollo ( Attic , Ionic , and Homeric Greek : Ἀπόλλων , Apollōn ; Doric : Ἀπέλλων , Apellōn ; Arcadocypriot : Ἀπείλων , Apeilōn ; Aeolic : Ἄπλουν , Aploun ; Apollō ) is one of the most important and complex of the Olympian deities in classical Greek and Roman religion and Greek and Roman mythology . Artemis . Some scholars believe that the name , and indeed the goddess herself , was originally pre-Greek . She was the Hellenic goddess of the hunt , wild animals , wilderness , childbirth , virginity and protector of young girls , bringing and relieving disease in women ; she often was depicted as a huntress carrying a bow and arrows . In ancient Greek religion and Greek mythology , Demeter ( [ dᵻˈmiːtər ] Attic : Δημήτηρ Dēmḗtēr , [ dɛːmɛ́ːtɛːr ] ; Doric : Δαμάτηρ Dāmā́tēr ) is the goddess of the harvest and agriculture , who presided over grains and the fertility of the earth .