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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 statue is also known as Diana with a Doe (French: Diane à la biche), Diana Huntress (French: Diane chasseresse), and Diana of Ephesus. It is a partially restored Roman copy (1st or 2nd century CE) of a lost Greek bronze original attributed to Leochares, c. 325 BCE. [3] [4]
The statue is dated to the 2nd century AD and made of alabaster and painted bronze and appears as a Xoanon, a wooden cult statue. [1] It has a height of 1.30 m (4 ft 3 in). [1] An 1883 English handbook to the museum provides the following description of the statue: 6278. Diana of Ephesus. A statue of Oriental alabaster with bronze extremities.
Originally unveiled in 2005, the statue featured a likeness of Diana and her boyfriend Dodi Al Fayed, who also died in the car crash that took the royal's life, dancing beneath the outstretched ...
The sculptor and the princes did not want her to look isolated if she was alone.
The statue is surmounted by an arch with limestone concretions and from Diana Efesia's multiple breasts water gushes back into the basin below. [18] A few other sculptures have been attributed to the artist, including a Lying warrior (Museo Bardini ) and a Andromeda (Sotheby's 8 July 2005 London lot 75). The latter is clearly inspired by ...
Staying out of the spotlight. Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Charles weren’t in attendance at the Princess Diana statue unveiling on Thursday, July 1, but they had a solid reason for keeping away ...
The Artemis of Ephesus. The Ephesus Archaeological Museum (Turkish: Efes Müzesi) is an archaeological museum in Selçuk near the Ancient Greek city of İzmir, Turkey. It houses finds from the nearby Ephesus excavation site. Its best-known exhibit is the ancient statue of the Greek Goddess Artemis retrieved from the temple of the goddess in ...