The Offer:

Are you dealing with a first-time pregnancy? Are you scared and looking for advice and
assistance? Or have you earned the badge of childbirth and are on your way to child
number two or three and want to find a way to make birthing easier? You need look no
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and Artemis!

The Background:

The Greek goddess Hera is known as the queen of the gods,

the patron of mothers in childbirth. With her strong,
determined personality, she is helpful to women in need,
especially those due with child.

Artemis is also a goddess of

childbirth. In Greek times, she was
invoked during labor to see to the
health and protection of the infant
child from its birth to its weaning.

The Description:
As successful, certified midwives, Hera and Artemis will provide 24/7
advice, care and support before, during, and after childbirth. They take their
responsibility for the continual health of both mother and child seriously.
Maternal stress and concerns will disappear once you call 1-800-MID-WIFE
and procure the services of Hera and Artemis as midwives.

Greek and Latin Derivatives

Advice – opinion or suggestion offered as a guide to action or conduct;
ad- (Latin) “to”; visum (Latin) “to see”
Assistance – support, help, service
-sist (Latin) “to make firm”
Description – to give an account of in speech or writing
de- (Latin) “complete”; -scription (Latin) “record”
Disappear – to pass out of sight
dis- (Latin) “removal; away; from”; -pear (Latin) “to be visible”
Infant – a child in the earliest period of life, especially before he or she can walk
Infans (Latin) “not able to speak”
Invoke – to request earnestly for help or support
-voke (Latin) “to call”
Labor – concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a
child
labor (Latin) “work, toil”
Matriarch – a woman who dominates a group or an activity
matri- (Latin) “mother”; -arch (Greek) “chief (first in position)”
Offer – to make available
-fer (Latin) “to produce; to bring”
Protector – one who protects; a guardian
-tecto (Latin) “to cover”
Provide – to furnish; supply
pro- (Greek>Latin) “on behalf of”; -vid (Latin) “to see; manifest”
Responsible – able to be trusted or depended upon; reliable
-spons (Latin) “bind oneself; promise”
Support – to carry the weight of; able to bear or withstand
sub- (Latin) “under; below”; -port (Latin) “carry; bring; bear”
 Works Cited

“Explore English Words Derived From Latin-Greek Origins.” Word Explorations. 27 Oct.
2010. <http://www.wordexplorations.com/>.

Image of Artemis:
<http://homepage.mac.com/joebergeron/webpageimages/artemis.jpg>.

Image of Hera: <http://www.flickr.com/photos/neaners/2892519119/>.