Diana Mythology

Diana, in Roman mythology, the goddess of the moon, the wood, the catch on, and animals. She was moreover the protectress of women, who prayed to her for children and for aid in childbirth. Diana was recognized by the Romans with Artemis, who was the Greek goddess of the search for and the moon and was the sister of Apollo. Diana's supreme well-known testament in Italy was on the seaboard of Kitty Nemi. In Rome her better temple was on the Aventine Begin. Offer she was invoked as the patroness of the poorer classes and of slaves.

Equally Roman period, Di-ana has been a in the field of design in art. Historic sculptors readily represented her as a children and well huntress tickle pink a bow and flicker of arrows. A fine exemplar is the statue called "Diana of Versailles" (Louvre Museum, Paris). Added fine ancient statues of Diana are in the Vatican Museum in Rome. Diana was moreover portrayed in fine paintings by Titian and Boucher.