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From the Temple at Ephesus
11.5 inches high
bonded stone statue
In this depiction, the hands of the Goddess form the gesture for bestowing
worldly and spiritual blessings. This many-breasted Diana is symbolic of a
mother's nurturing bosom.
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[Ephesus Museum, Turkey.
150 A.D. Greek]
Romans knew her as Diana, the Greeks as
Artemis, she is the twin sister of Apollo and daughter of Zeus and Leto. Forever
an eternally youthful virgin, Artemis the untamed girl was a nature spirit of
wild places and wild things. In this depiction from her temple at Ephesus, Diana
is multi-breasted as a sign of a nurturing Goddess.
Statues show her gently touching animals. She is crowned with the Goddess’s
sacred vessel, and the lunar disk makes a halo around her head.
Diana can be seen as a metaphor for the Earth herself, whose breasted mountains
and secret, sacred places in which all living creatures dwell.
Even in the patriarchal era, her worship was so strong that her temple at
Ephesus was considered one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.
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