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Artemis was one of the three major virgin goddesses, alongside Athena and Hestia. Artemis preferred to remain an unmarried maiden and was one of the three Greek goddesses over whom Aphrodite had no power. [5] In myth and literature, Artemis is presented as a hunting goddess of the woods, surrounded by her chaste band of nymphs.
He recorded a few depictions of the death of Iphigenia. He mentions that the temple of Artemis was where the sacrifice was to take place. He goes on to describe the temple of Artemis after its destruction. [3] Pausanias then gives an example of an artistic depiction of Iphigenia that was found in Catalonia.
This hairdo is most common in depictions of children and young women, such as a statue of Artemis found at Delos, and therefore fits a depiction of the young, virgin goddess Artemis. [ 3 ] Attribution
Artemis. The head attributed to Artemis bears a mild, sweet expression. She wears a golden tiara and rosette-decorated earrings. Her garment was decorated with two large rectangular lamellae of gold, positioned vertically and bearing depictions of existing or mythological animals: a gazelle, a lion, a bull, a deer, a pegasus, a griffin, a sphinx.
The Farnese Artemis or Artemis of Ephesus is a 2nd-century AD sculpture of the ancient goddess Artemis of Ephesus. It is part of the Farnese Collection in the National Archaeological Museum, Naples ( Inv. numb. 6278).
The statues convey this aspect; though in both depictions Artemis's stance is approachable, she carries her weapon, showing her ability to quickly withdraw favor. Often worshipped close to territorial frontiers and a little away from settlements, female worshippers of Artemis were frequently in danger; a necessary aspect that came with ...
An unmanned Orion craft went 270,000 miles beyond the moon as part of Artemis I, further from Earth than any craft previously designed for human flight, according to information from NASA.
Medusa in Knielauf-pose on the Temple of Artemis (Corfu), c. 580 BC. A sixth-century Etruscan example by the Tityos Painter of a dog-headed figure performing a Knielauf, surrounded by Nessos and Herakles.