Artémis-Diana

Artémis (Ӑριεµιϛ), filha de Zeus e Leto, irmã gémea de Apolo, recebeu de seu pai um arco com flechas de prata. Esteve inicialmente ligada à vida selvagem e à caça. Depois associaram-na ao luar e à magia. Consideravam o seu templo em Éfeso como uma das sete maravilhas do mundo antigo. Em Roma deram-lhe o nome de Diana e confundiam-na com Selene e Hécate, deusas da noite.

Artemis (Ӑριεμις), daughter of Zeus and Leto, twin sister of Apollo, received a bow with silver arrows from her father. Initially she was linked to wildlife and hunting. Then she was associated with the moonlight and magic. Her temple in Ephesus was regarded as one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. In Rome she was named Diana, and she was often mistaken for Selene and Hecate, goddesses of the night.

Brygos (potter), painter of Briseis-'Apollo and Artemis'-tondo-attic red-figure cup-ca 470 BC Paris-Musée du Louvre (G 151)

Attr. Leochares-'know Diana of Versailles' Paris-Musée du Louvre (Ma 589) [offered to Pope Paul IV by Henry II]

Tiziano Vecellio (ca 1490-1576)-'Diana and Callisto'-oil on canvas-(1556-1559) Edinburgh-National Gallery of Scotland

Giovanni Pietro Rizzoli or Giampietrino (active 1495-1549)-'Diana the huntress'-oil on wood-ca 1526 New York-Metropolitan Museum of Art

François Boucher (1703-1770)-'Diana resting after her bath'-oil on canvas-1742 Paris-Musée du Louvre