Athena-Artemis (book)

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Athena-Artemis: Goddesses Artemis and Athene (Athena), "Auringolla ratsastajat" (Riders on the Sun), and "Valtiatar Artemis" (Mistress Artemis)
Author Seppo Telenius
Original title Auringolla ratsastajat
Translator Joop Wassenaar
Cover artist [Helsinki] Kirja kerrallaan
Country Finland
Language Chiefly in Finnish, with some texts in English
Genre(s) Novel (Auringolla ratsastajat), Short story (Valtiatar Artemis)
Publisher [Helsinki] Kirja kerrallaan
Publication date 30 June 2006
Media type Print (paperback)
Pages 75 p., 26 cm
ISBN ISBN 952-92-0560-0

The book Athena-Artemis (Helsinki: Kirja kerrallaan 2005 and 2006) is compilation of a novel and other texts.

In Seppo Sakari Telenius' novel manuscript (1992)[1], published as Auringolla ratsastajat (Riders on the Sun) [Goddess Artemis Ltd., 1995 and 1996], the goddess of war has no name. The goddess shows up as a combination of Minerva and Pallas Athena. The other important personage in the novel Nina Minerva, she too carries characteristics of the goddess. On the other hand Nina Minerva has, especially in her youth, been more like Artemis and Diana. At the end of the novel, Nina reminds us also of Artemis from Ephesus. Instead, we cannot think of any god reminding us of the other, male prime personage, named Jan.

The Finnish novel Auringolla ratsastajat is also included in the anthology Athena-Artemis: Goddesses Artemis and Athene (Athena), "Auringolla ratsastajat" (Riders on the Sun), and "Valtiatar Artemis" (Mistress Artemis) [Helsinki: Kirja kerrallaan, 2005 and 2006]. Athena-Artemis (printed in 2005), ISBN 952-91-9467-6. Athena-Artemis (Revised 2nd Edition in 2006), ISBN 952-92-0560-0. Also the English article Goddesses Artemis and Athene (Athena) and the Finnish short story Valtiatar Artemis are included in Athena-Artemis.

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  1. ^ The original Finnish critic (written by Jouni Inkala) on the novel manuscript is kept in the Literature Archives of the Finnish Literature Society (Helsinki, Finland). There are kept also many other materials of Seppo Telenius. The critic Jouni Inkala has translated from Finnish into English by Joop Wassenaar. This text is also included in Athena-Artemis.

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