Diane / Artemis (Goddess) - Jean Duchesne Aine - Kingfisher Publishing - Framed Print - 14"H x 11"W

Diane / Artemis (Goddess) - Jean Duchesne Aine - Kingfisher Publishing - Framed Print - 14"H x 11"W

Jean Duchesne Aine, was the Curator of Prints at the National Library, as well as an Art historian. He was also a Freemason of the Templars with the rank of Grand Preceptor of North America.

Artemis was one of the most widely venerated of the Ancient Greek deities. Her Roman equivalent is Diana. Some scholars believe that the name, and indeed the goddess herself, was originally pre-Greek.

Homer refers to her as Artemis Agrotera, Potnia Theron: "Artemis of the wildland, Mistress of Animals".

The Arcadians believed she was the daughter of Demeter.

Artemis was often described as the daughter of Zeus and Leto, and the twin sister of Apollo. She was the Hellenic goddess of the hunt, wild animals, wilderness, childbirth, virginity and protector of young girls, bringing and relieving disease in women; she often was depicted as a huntress carrying a bow and arrows.