Artemis swore an oath of the gods, Swore by the beard of her father:

"I shall always be a virgin

And live on summits of the great Sierras, Hunting in the forests:

O grant me this!"

Her father nodded in approval.

Now gods

And mortals call her by her thrilling name,

The deer-slaying-hunter,

And she is pure of marriage or erotic love.

--Sappho