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Diana is considered a virgin goddess and protector of childbirth. Historically, Diana made up a triad with two other Roman deities: Egeria the water nymph, her servant and assistant midwife; and Virbius, the woodland god. [3] Diana is revered in modern neopagan religions including Roman neopaganism, Stregheria, and Wicca.
The Temple of Artemis or Artemision (Greek: Ἀρτεμίσιον; Turkish: Artemis Tapınağı), also known as the Temple of Diana, was a Greek temple dedicated to an ancient, localised form of the goddess Artemis (equated with the Roman goddess Diana). It was located in Ephesus (near the modern town of Selçuk in present-day Turkey).
The Diana of Versailles in the Louvre Galerie des Caryatides that was designed for it. The Diana of Versailles or Artemis, Goddess of the Hunt (French: Artémis, déesse de la chasse) is a slightly over-lifesize [1] marble statue of the Roman goddess Diana (Greek: Artemis) with a deer. It is now in the Musée du Louvre, Paris. [2]
In later times, Pliny the Elder mentioned having seen at Ephesus a representation of the goddess Diana by Timarete, the daughter of a painter. [29] In 356 BC the temple of Artemis was burnt down, according to legend, by a lunatic called Herostratus. The inhabitants of Ephesus at once set about restoring the temple and even planned a larger and ...
O: Diana with bow and quiver over the shoulder and bucranium above. Bucranium, skull of sacrificed bull, was displayed in the temple of Diana. R: Sacrificing scene on the stone platform. Togate figure holding sprinkler is about to sacrifice bull, altar between them. A·POST·A·F S·N·(AL)BIN
Diana of Ephesus. A statue of Oriental alabaster with bronze extremities. The goddess wears a tower on her head and an aureole decorated with eight griffins. Round her neck a handsome collar of cereals fringed with acorns, and above it a design of female figures in bas-relief.
The goddess Diana is her Roman equivalent. In Greek tradition, Artemis is the daughter of Zeus and Leto, and twin sister of Apollo. In most accounts, the twins are the products of an extramarital liaison. For this, Zeus' wife Hera forbade Leto from giving birth anywhere on solid land.
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.