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Known in Rome as Diana and in Greece as Artemis, she is the twin sister of Apollo and daughter of Zeus and Leto. Artemis was always a virgin, an eternally young, untamed girl, nourishing all life. Thus Diana has many breasts because she has many children to feed. Her hands form the
gesture of bestowing worldly and spiritual blessings. She is crowned
with the Goddess’s sacred vessel, and the lunar disk makes a halo
around her head. Diana is the Earth herself, whose mountains are breast
and whose body is a dwelling place for all living creatures. Even in
the patriarchal era, her religious worship was so strong that her temple at
Ephesus was considered one on the seven wonders of the ancient world.
Original statue is from the Ephesus Museum, Turkey. ca 150 A.D.
Diana of Ephesus statue reproduction is made from bonded stone, yellow / gray finish, 11.5"H x 3.75"W x 3.75"D.
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