Artemis

Similar to how the Hope Athena is easily identifiable as the goddess Athena because of her aegis and helmet, there is a certain attribute the Lansdowne Artemis holds that makes it similarly identifiable. It would be nearly impossible to identify this statue as Artemis had it not been for the furrow at the back of it. This is where a quiver would have originally been attached, which is fitting for the goddess of the hunt. It is incredible to think that something…

Artemis was the daughter of the great Leto and the great Zeus (Roman, Luke, and Monica Roman, 2010). Artemis had a twin brother named Apollo. She was a very helpful goddess, she was the goddess of wilderness, and wild animals. She helped midwifes as a goddess of birth (Roman, Luke, and Monica Roman, 2010). She also was a huntress, meaning she hunted. Artemis comes from Ortygia, a island near Italy. “Ortygia is an island which is a historical centere of the city of Syracuse, Sicily”. Some don’t…

which depicts Artemis and Apollo slaying the children of Niobe. In Greek mythology, Artemis and Apollo were twin gods. Artemis was the goddess of the Hunt, nature, and the moon. Apollo was the god of the Sun, music, and truth. Niobe was the daughter of the king Tantalus, a son of Zeus. The story goes that Niobe had six sons and six daughters, of which she flaunted and claimed she was superior to the Titan Leto, mother of the twin gods Artemis and Apollo. As punishment for hubris, Artemis and…

The greek god that I chose was Apollo. Apollo is the greek god of many things. A couple of the things are; music, poetry, plague, medicine, sun and knowledge. Apollo is a well known god and the son of Zeus and Leto. His twin sister is Artemis, the god of the moon. Apollo also has a younger brother, Hermes. Hermes is the second youngest of the olympian gods. Apollo had a strong love for the maiden Daphne, but she despised him. The story of Apollo and Daphne is known by a lot of people. Cupid,…

Yet, as the goddess of the hunt, Artemis was quite ruthless in ending life as well, through the use of her bow and arrows, with the tale of Artemis killing all seven daughters of Niobe as one instance of her destructive power. And though Aphrodite does not seem to have the same destructive power possessed by Medusa and Artemis, the goddess does have a very close association with the word ‘productive’ as it pertains to her being…

While the Hope Athena stands next to another statue to the side of a room next to a doorway, the Lansdowne Artemis is the only standing statue in the room it's presented in. Furthermore, the statue is placed directly in the middle of that room. Contrasting the Lansdowne Artemis to the Hope Athena, it is a well-thought feature to be able to walk around the statue a full 360 degrees in order to view it from all angles. What was particularly interesting…

Medusa nor his father. Even know he was talented it did not stop the other kids from picking on him. So one day after her son came home from school crying with his hands over his face for the seventh time Medusa unsure of what to do began pleading to Artemis the goddess of chastity, virginity, the hunt, the moon, and the natural environment. Then a flash of light appeared unable to see medusa uses her snakes to cover her…

hunt by the centaur Chrion. Ovid’s Metamorphoses had the earliest completed version of the myth. In that version, Actaeon went hunting with his canine companions; while looking for a place to rest, he wondered off into a wooded valley, where goddess Artemis was bathing. The goddess spotted him and furious at his intrusion, she sprinkled him with water, which transformed him into a deer. Startled at the changes, he ran but his companion dogs gave chase and start ripping him apart. Even in his…

The object discussed in this paper is a two-sided red-figure bell krater – a vessel used for mixing water and wine. Side A depicts Artemis aiming her weapon at a vulnerable Aktaion, who is being torn apart by a pack of dogs. This side is particularly notable because it relates – depending on the version of the myth told – to the Greek idea of hubris, the concept of fate, and the presentation of women in Greek society. Side B depicts the goat god Pan with an erect phallus chasing a young shepherd…

Euripides' play "Iphigenia in Tauris" in order to escape the Erinyes' persecutions, Orestes was ordered by Apollo to go to Tauris to carry off the statue of Artemis (fallen from heaven), and bring it to Athens. He went to Tauris with Pylades, they were imprisoned to be sacrificed, since it was custom to sacrifice strangers to Artemis. The priestess of Artemis, Orestes' sister Iphigenia performs the sacrifices. She offered to help one of them escape, if they deliver a letter to her brother in…