. d, assome think, with Comana or not, presents manypoints of resemblance with the Asiatic proto- ARTEMIS ARUNS 129 types of Aphrodite, regarded not only as thegoddess of fruitfulness, but also as a moon-goddess and as a goddess of the sea, protectressof sailors, and having fish among her sacredanimals (Athen. p. 361; Plin. ii. 201; cf. 239J; and she appears to have been forthe more northern parts of Asia Minor whatAshtoreth and the equivalent deities were moreto the south. [See Aphrodite.] The supposedconnexion of Artem
. d, assome think, with Comana or not, presents manypoints of resemblance with the Asiatic proto- ARTEMIS ARUNS 129 types of Aphrodite, regarded not only as thegoddess of fruitfulness, but also as a moon-goddess and as a goddess of the sea, protectressof sailors, and having fish among her sacredanimals (Athen. p. 361; Plin. ii. 201; cf. 239J; and she appears to have been forthe more northern parts of Asia Minor whatAshtoreth and the equivalent deities were moreto the south. [See Aphrodite.] The supposedconnexion of Artemis with the Amazons pointsthe same way. The reason for the Greekcolonists identifying this Oriental deity withArtemis may have been either because bothwere regarded as goddesses of the moon, or fromthe Arcadian idea of a deity presiding overnatural fruitfulness and birth, and caring forthe young, as is symbolised by the animalsupon the lower part of her image. It is remark-able that Pausanias mentions a worship ofArtemis after the Ephesian fashion at Alea in. Artemis i Diana) of Ephems. Arcadia, and that Pan is said to have beenassociated with her in the Asiatic Ephesian cult was carried by colonist-i toMarseilles and Spain (Strab. pp. 159,179). Taci-tus (Ann. iii. 02) mentions also the worship of anArtr„iis Persica at Hierocaesareia in Lydia,apparently akin to fire-worship ; for, accordingto Pausanias (v. 27, 3), there was a Magianpriest who nsed barbaric prayers and invoca-tions, causing fire to blaze spontaneously onthe altar. At Perga there was an oracle andtemple of Artemis Pergaea, served by mendi-cant priests (Strab. p. 607; Cic. Verr. i. 20, 54 ;Suid. Phot. Apr. Ilfp?.). [For Aprefuslaaupa see Bkitomartis ; for the Roman deity,Diana.] In art the most familiar type is theideal of staid maiden beauty, the dress a shortchiton ; she is represented as a huntress, withbow and quiver, holding a stag, as in the statuefrom Hadrians Villa (the Versailles Diana)
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