The statue is in the Vatican Museum.
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Artemis
Hughes mentions the Greek goddess Artemis (Diana in Rome) a lot in Pan's Travail. On page 50, Hughes talks about an alternate image of Artemis. Where she is typically portrayed as the virgin huntress, she is also occasionally depicted differently to show fertility and closeness with animals. Here's a picture of her alternative form:
The statue is in the Vatican Museum.
The statue is in the Vatican Museum.
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I think it's pretty interesting that while Artemis is portrayed as the protecter of the more vulnerable animals, despite the paradox between huntsmanship and the protecting of animals, is fierce and vengeful in character. She sides with nature itself, and does not hesitate to condemn humans, even though the minuteness of the problem makes her impositions seem barbaric, hence the hunter Actaeon was transformed into a deer by Artemis and then dismembered by his hounds simply because he invaded her privacy. As the "Protector of the Vulnerable," I'm not sure if her overwhelming aggression against mankind is justified, or in any way deitifies her. But again, humans were the ones who established these myths, leading me to wonder why Artemis was given such an ambiguous nature in the first place.
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