- Kyrene, a huntress who caught the attention of Apollo while protecting her father King Hypseus's herds by wrestling a lion. Her father may have been the river god Peneios, her mother was Khlidanope. Apollo whisked her away near the Hill of Myrtles and had two sons by her Aristaios and Idmon. Diomedes may also have been her son by Ares. This same Kyrene was favored by Artemis:
"What heroines hast thou [Artemis] taken for thy companions? . . . Kyrene thou madest thy comrade, to whom on a time thyself didst give two hunting dogs, with whom the maiden daughter of Hypseus beside the Iolkian tomb won the prize."Callimachus, Hymn 3 to Artemis
- Camilla, of the Volsci was the daughter of King Metabus and Casmilla, promised to Diana (Artemis), she helped her ally, King Turnus of the Rutuli, fight Aeneas and the Trojans in the war sparked by the courting of Princess Lavinia. Arruns, a Trojan ally, stalked Camilla on the battlefield, and, when she was opportunely distracted by her pursuit of Chloreus, killed her. Diana's attendant, Opis, at her mistress' behest, avenged Camilla's death by slaying Arruns. She was a swift runner.
-Bendis, Thracian goddess of the moon and hunting. She might be the same as Kotus/Cotys or Kotuttô/Cotytto.
-Britomartis, (also called Diktynna) Cretan virgin goddess of hunting and nets used for fishing, fowling and the hunting of small game. So likely swimming too.
-"Daphne, the daughter of Amyklas, is related. She used never to come down into the town, nor consort with the other maidens; but she got together a large pack of hounds and used to hunt, either in Lakonia, or sometimes going into the further mountains of the Peloponnese. For this reason she was very dear to Artemis, who gave her the gift of shooting straight" Parthenius, Love Romances
-Procris, the daughter of Erekhtheus who, as a young girl, was a hunting-companion of Artemis. Later in life, when her husband had abandoned her for love of the goddess Eos, she returned to Artemis who helped her win back his love with a ploy and two fabulous gifts: a hunting-dog whom no prey could escape called Lailaps and a javelin which never missed its mark. She and her husband were either reconciled, or she was killed by him with the javelin or a arrow when she startled him when he was calling for "Aura" a breeze and she thought it a lover. There are a few versions of them.
-Loxo, Hekaerge, Oupis/Opis, Arge, daughters of Boreas who came from Hyperborea to offer gifts at the birth of Artemis at Delos and became her (first?) virgin goddess companions, they presided over the various skills of archery--aim (
opsis), trajectory (
loxos), slanting (
arge) and distancing (
hekaergos).
-Antikleia, the mother of Odysseus is said to have been a companion of Artemis in her youth. She like her son was a archer.
-Phylonome, the daughter of Nyktimos and Arkadia, hunted with Artemis until Ares ( in the guise of a shepherd) had twin sons by her Lycastus and Parrhasius; in fear of her father's wrath, she cast the newborn twins into the river
Erymanthus. They did not drown and were washed into the hollow of an oak tree, where a she-wolf found and suckled them, giving up her own cubs. The twins were then adopted and raised by a shepherd named Glyphius, and eventually succeeded to the throne of
Arcadia.
I note a few sources (via Wikipedia and Greek Mythology Link, Hyginus) that say Neoptolemus was the king of the Myrmidones who attacked King Harpalycus and that he was saved from death by his daughter Harpalyce in that battle as she made a attack against them. I think it less likely that Harpalyce was suddenly announced to be his successor after and that this caused a revolt; as the people must have noticed a lack of sons from their king and that (as no other wife is mentioned) there would not be any other children, as well as being raised to take the throne and participating in leadership role in at least one battle. Thace is noted for it's many tribes and scant history given that there is only this mention of the Amymnei/Amymnaiai that I can find the revolt may have been over anything. Further, I find some amusement with the names looking like "amymon" meaning blameless or noble, and "harpe" being a sickle-shaped sword.
Hm. I think Aphrodite should also get a mention, because firstly she bested Hermes in the Pythian Games of Delphi. Not sure if it was in music or athletics or both (myth does not say) but given that Hermes was a patron god of both, I imagine there is a foundation for Aphrodite's standing in it. Eros, her son, was also worshiped in the gymnasium - perhaps not only as a god of comradeship, but also for his archery. Eros is not always named as a son of Ares, sometimes as Aphrodite's son alone. For her love of Adonis, Aphrodite also dressed up like Artemis and went hunting with him.
I see figure skating as a sort of dance (as there is usually some kind of music to it), so the Muse Terpsikhore for the art at least, as well as the Kharites who were goddesses of dance and grace. Artemis was a dancer too.
It's likely that the fifty Nereid were also very good swimmers.