From Artemis to Diana
the goddess of man and beast
- ISBN: 9788763507882
- Editorial: University of Copenhagen
- Fecha de la edición: 2009
- Lugar de la edición: Copenhagen. Dinamarca
- Colección: Danish studies in classical archaeology. Acta Hyperborea
- Encuadernación: Rústica
- Medidas: 25 cm
- Nº Pág.: 585
- Idiomas: Inglés
Edited by Tobias Fischer-Hansen and Birte Poulsen. This text is presented in English and German. This book contains 19 articles dealing with various aspects of the Greek goddess Artemis and the Roman goddess Diana. The themes presented in the volume deal with the Near Eastern equivalents of Artemis, the Bronze Age Linear B testimonies, and Artemis in Homer and in the Greek tragedies. Sanctuaries and cult, and regional aspects are also dealt with - encompassing Cyprus, the Black Sea region, Greece and Italy. Pedimental sculpture, mosaics and sculpture form the basis of investigations of the iconography of the Roman Diana; the role of the cult of Diana in a dynastic setting is also examined. There is a single section that deals with the reception of the iconography of the Ephesian Artemis during the Renaissance and later periods.
Edited by Tobias Fischer-Hansen and Birte Poulsen
