Diana Dea Diana’s

Greek name was ͗

Ἄ. She was one

of the twelve

Olympians (major gods).

Diana was goddess of the hunt, of the moon, and (later) of childbirth. She protected wild animals and young people.

Diana’s symbols were the moon a silver bow and

arrows, the cyprus tree, and all wild animals,

especially deer.

Diana’s festival is celebrated August 13.

She is also often pictured with

domesticated animals used for hunting:

Hounds and horses.

Diane was aloof (especially from men), nature-loving, majestic, quick to anger, and athletic.

Her parents were Jupiter and Latona (pictured below with Diana

and her twin brother, Apollo). Diana never married.

Diana and Actaeon 

One day while Diana and her band of maiden huntresses were bathing in a quiet pool of water in the woods after a hunt, a male hunter, Actaeon,

happened to find them when he was out hunting.

Diana was so angry to catch him spying on her and her friends as they bathed that she turned him into a stag (male deer). For the first time in his life, Actaeon felt what it was like to be hunted down: His own hounds chased him unrelentingly through the forest until they brought him down and tore him apart, killing and then consuming him. 

  List of Works Cited Petras, Kathryn and Ross. Fandex Family Field guides: Gods, Heroes, Monsters and Nymphs. Workman Publishing: New York. 1998 ISBN 0-7611-1207-3 

“Roman goddess Diana, ”Goddess-Guide.com www.goddess-guide.com

Images:Diana of Versailles Artemis, Greek Gods and Goddesses http://www.greek-gods-and-goddesses.com/artemis-pictures.html

 Diana in Woods http://www.mypokecard.com/en/Gallery/Pokemon-Artemis-15 Diana with Deer and Bow © 2011 The Vigilant Citizen www.vigilantcitizen.com

Diana, Horse & Hound Krannon, ca 350 BC Mythmedia Project at Haifa

Moonlit Diana with Bow Help. com © 2011 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. http://help.com/post/198088-images-you-i-likei-hope-you

Latona Awesome Inc. template. Template images by Barcin.

Jupiter Copyright © 2011. Black Arts Diary www.gormagon.com

Actaeon Rivene’s Journey. WordPress.com.