Dictynna
(
Δίκτυννα or
Δίκτυνα). A
surname of both Britomartis and Artemis, two divinities who were subsequently identified. The
name is connected with
δίκτυον, “a
hunting-net,” and was borne by Britomartis and by Artemis as goddesses of the chase
(
Herod.iii. 59). See
Artemis;
Britomartis.