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An ancient Fourth-Pompeian-Style Roman wall painting depicting a scene of sacrifice in honor of the goddess Diana; she is seen here accompanied by a deer. The fresco was discovered in the triclinium of House of the Vettii in Pompeii, Italy. Diana was an ancient goddess common to all Latin tribes.
Diana, goddess of the hunt, the moon, virginity, and childbirth, twin sister of Apollo and one of the Dii Consentes. Diana Nemorensis, local version of Diana. The Roman equivalent of Artemis [Greek goddess] Discordia, personification of discord and strife. The Roman equivalent of Eris [Greek goddess] Dius Fidius, god of oaths, associated with ...
Iana is the name of an ancient Roman goddess associated with arches and the moon, usually identified as either a form of Diana or the female counterpart of Janus.. Varro (1st century BC) uses the name in his agricultural treatise, in a passage of dialogue in which the interlocutors explain that some farming tasks should be done when the moon is waxing, while the waning phase facilitates others ...
Articles relating to the Roman goddess Diana, goddess of the hunt, wild animals, fertility, and the moon. She is the Roman equivalent to the Greek goddess Artemis.
The names Phoebe and Phoebus (masculine) came to be applied as synonyms for Artemis/Diana and Apollo respectively, [8] as well as for Luna and Sol, the lunar goddess and the solar god, by the Roman poets; the late-antiquity grammarian Servius writes that "Phoebe is Luna, like Phoebus is Sol." [9] Phoebe was, like Artemis, identified by Roman ...
Diana (mythology) Roman goddess of hunting and the wild. Diana [lower-alpha 1] is a goddess in Roman and Hellenistic religion, primarily considered a patroness of the countryside and nature, hunters, wildlife, childbirth, crossroads, the night, and the Moon.
Diana most commonly refers to: Diana (name), given name (including a list of people with the name) Diana (mythology), ancient Roman goddess of the hunt and wild animals; later associated with the Moon; Diana, Princess of Wales (1961–1997), formerly Lady Diana Spencer, activist, philanthropist, and member of the British royal family
Diana (Renoir painting) Diana (Vouet) Diana and a Nymph Surprised by a Satyr; Diana and Actaeon (Titian) Diana and Callisto; Diana and Callisto (Bril) Diana and Callisto (Rubens) Diana and Callisto (Turner) Diana and Cupid; Diana and Endymion (Langlois) Diana and Endymion (Solimena) Diana and Her Companions; Diana Bathing (Boucher)