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Bust of Diana the Huntress
Like its companion piece, the Bust of Apollo,
the statue is considered to be the work of the Athenian sculptor,
Leochares. Diana was the Roman name for the Grecian goddess Artemis.
She is often represented as a huntress with bow and quiver on
her shoulder and dog or deer at her side. The Greeks worshiped
Artemis as the goddess of chastity and the guardian of youths
and maidens. She also came to be looked upon as the moon-goddess,
just as her twin brother Apollo was viewed as the sun-god. Probably
the finest representation of her handsome features was in this
statue which was found in the villa of the Emperor Hadrian at
Tivoli near Rome. it is now in the museum of the Louvre. |
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