Bronze statue of Artemis from the Temple of Apollo, Pompeii

            Upper portion of a statue of Artemis-Diana: Diana Saettatrice (Diana the Archer). The goddess, daughter of Leto and sister of Apollo, pulls back the bow string in order to shoot an arrow. Twin statue to a bronze Apollo, who is also shooting an arrow (Apollo Saettante, ‘Apollo the Archer’). It’s very likely that placing these two together references the killing of the Niobids, the children of Niobe. After Niobe insulted Leto, mother of Apollo and Diana, the twin gods hunted down and killed all of Niobe’s seven sons and seven daughters with bows and arrows.

These statues stood at the Temple of Apollo (also known as the Sanctuary of Apollo), but may have been undergoing repairs from the earthquake of 62 CE when Vesuvius erupted in 79 CE.

Bronze with bone and glass-paste eyes.

Pompeii, Temple of Apollo
2nd century BCE

Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples (inv. 4895)

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