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Artemis is the goddess of the hunt and animals, as well as of childbirth. She is also known as Diana (Roman). Her attributes in iconography include the bow and the fawn. She often appears with her brother, Apollo.

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Images

• Artemis as Potnia Theron (Mistress of Animals): Image
  Boeotian vase, ca 680 BC, MM

• Artemis: Image
  Kleitias: Francois vase, ca 570-560, MM

• Coin: Reverse
  Info, Archaic

• Apollo and Artemis attacking giants: Large image, 50% image
  Treasury of the Siphnians in Delphi: Gigantomachy, ca 525 BC, AS

• Aphrodite, Artemis, and Apollo: Large image, 50% image
  Olympian Gods in council--the pro-Trojan faction
  Treasury of the Siphnians in Delphi, ca 525 BC marble, AS

• Hermes, Artemis, Apollo, Leto, and Poseidon: Overview, Detail
  Info, Archaic

• Apollo and Artemis: Image
  Pan Painter, ca 490 BC, MM

• Death of Actaeon: Image
  Magna Graecia Temple E (Temple of Hera) at Selinus (Selinunte), ca 470-460 BC, AS

• Apollo and Artemis: Large image, 50% image
  Niobid Painter, ca 460-450 BC, MM

• Artemis and fawn: Overview, Detail
  Info, Early Classical

• Artemis with quiver: Overview, Detail
  Info, Early Classical

• Apollo and Artemis: Overview, Detail
  Info, Early Classical

• Artemis, Apollo, and Hermes: Image
  Barclay Painter, ca 450-440, MM

• Artemis as deer hunter: Image
  Attic pelike, ca 380 BC, MM

• Artemis as patron of animals: Image
  Krannon, ca 350 BC, MM

• Artemis and Actaeon: Overview, Detail
  Info, Late Classical

• Slaying of the Niobids by Apollo and Artemis: Image
  Sarcophagus relief (Roman copy), Hellenistic, AS

• Coin: Obverse, Reverse
  Info, Hellenistic

• Diana of Versailles (Artemis the Huntress): Large image, 50% image
  Hellenistic (Roman marble copy), AS

Later Representations in Art

• Actaeon and Diana: Large image, 50% image
  Titian, 1559, MM

• Diana: Large image, 50% image
  Renoir, Auguste, 1867, MM

Also see Artemis texts.

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