Diana
Publié le 22/02/2012
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A Roman GODDESS. Diana seems to have
been a goddess of the woods and perhaps of the
moon and its light. She was early identifi ed with
the Greek goddess ARTEMIS. In this capacity the
Romans thought of her as a hunter, a midwife, and
a goddess of the crossroads.
The most important festival of Diana took
place on the Ides of August (August 13). During
this festival women would wash their hair and
carry torches from Rome to Diana's most important
shrine, a grove at Aricia. The festival was also
especially important to slaves.
Diana had an ancient temple in Rome. Her
grove at Aricia was on the shores of Lake Nemi.
In ancient times this lake was known as "the mirror
of Diana." Offerings at Aricia attest to Diana's
connections with childbirth: They include models
of human sexual organs. Stories about the priests
of Diana at Nemi provided the title and structure
to an infl uential study of religion published in the
early 20th century, The Golden Bough by James
George FRAZER.
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- Boucher's Diana resting after her Bath, not a mythological painting !!!
- RANCILLAC Bernard D iana R oss Né à Paris, 1931 D e 1972 à 1976, Bernard Rancillac a portraituré u ne q uarantaine d e musiciens d e jazz tels q ue Charlie Parker, Miles Davis ou, ici, Diana Ross.