Artemis of Ephesos
An Avant Garde Goddess
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11726384 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Frederick E Brenk (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Publication date | 1998-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Kernos (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0776-3824 • E-ISSN: 2034-7871 |
| Publisher | OpenEdition (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.4000/kernos.1224 |
| OpenAlex | W2075736009 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
Artemis of Ephesos may or may not have many "breasts," a debatable point, but she certainly has two faces, or more properly, two bodies in both iconography and literature. 1 One body is that of the traditional virgin goddess, the huntress of myth, as found in other Greek poleis. The other body, despite the sweet virginal face resembling that of her outdoor namesake, seems to belong to an ancient Anatolian goddess. In one form Artemis skirts over the mountains in a light tunic; in the other she stands rigidly imprisoned in a ponderously embroidered type of straightjacket, the "ependytes".2 She seems to struggle to lift her arms, heavily weighed down by what the Fathers of the Church identified as breasts, and unable to take a step. Whatever the body language involved, both forms apparently belonged to the same person, at least in the late Hellenistic and Roman period
Art · Art history · Avant garde · Classical Antiquity Studies
Adana Müzesi nden Cenaze Takıları ve Aplikler
Eğitimde Artemis Ephesia Kültü
Artémis et les enfants morts en bas âge. Une nouvelle statuette en bronze de l’Artémis d’Éphèse découverte à Érétrie
Von Apaša nach Hagios Theologos. Die Siedlungsgeschichte des Raumes Ephesos von prähistorischer bis in byzantinische Zeit unter dem Aspekt der maritimen und fluvialen Bedingungen
Κόρε κεκλέσομαι αιεί. Uno sguardo sull’arktéia attraverso Phrasikleia
Les images sérielles sur les sceaux, les intailles et les verres moulés
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2008 - 2024 (17) |
| Highly cited | No |