Zeus : a study in ancient religion - Warburg Institute

4o6 Artemis and the Oak
printed in extenso by O. Benndorf in the Forschttngen in Ephesos Wien 1906 i. 237— 274
(an exhaustive series of 435 ex-
Fig. 307.
tracts got together by E. Guhl for
his Ephesiaca Berlin 1843) and
278— 282 (83 inscriptions). A
convenient summary and dis-
cussion of the data is contributed
by O. Jessen to Pauly—Wissowa
Real-Enc-v.^iii,— 2771. I must
content myself with two or three
typical illustrations. Among the
statuettes etc. representing Artemis
Ephesia {ih. p. 2764 f. The
best monograph is still C. Menetreius
Symholica Diana Ephesia
statua"^ Romae 1688, bound up
with L. Holstenius Epistola ad
Erattciscum Cardinaleiii Barberinum
de fulcris sen veriihns Diana:
Ephesi(E simulacro appositis Romae
1 688 and G. P. Bellori Notce
in numismafa turn Ephesia, turn
aliariim urbiuvi apibus insignita)
none is more remarkable than a
small figure in the Capitoline
Museum, described as follows by
Stuart Jones Cat. Sculpt. Mtts.
Capit. Ro7ne p. 157 ft". Sala delle
Colombe no. 49 pi. 38 : ' H. "86 m.
to top of plinth, plinth •246 m.
Marble : head, hands, and feet of
bigio ?norato, eyes of enamel ; the
rest of Luna. Restored: the crown
has been broken off and refixed
one column on the 1. and the
whole row on the r. of the temple
at the top ;
semicircular veil with
three foreparts of griffins on 1. of
head, and the head of the top
griffin on the r. (possibly the whole
piece of veil on this side) ; fore-
part of lion on r. forearm ; parts
of breasts ; little finger of r. hand
and index finger of 1. ; heads of
three stags in the top row on
skirt. (The figure has been broken
through below them.) Other small
fragments. Amelung adds, the
double tower, face, hands and
feet.
The relief on the base has been
much broken. Restored : all the
lower part of the base including
the whole of the figure on the 1. of