Artemis and a Deer

Unknown Greek sculptor · c. 1st century BCE–1st century CE

A finely cast bronze presents the hunt goddess with the deer and the absent bow that once completed her pose.

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Title: Artemis and a Deer
Creator: Unknown Greek sculptor
Date: c. 1st century BCE–1st century CE
Holding source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Sculpture
Mythic links: Artemis

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A finely cast bronze presents the hunt goddess with the deer and the absent bow that once completed her pose. MythBranch includes this work as evidence of later reception: it shows how a mythic figure or episode was selected, reshaped and transmitted for a new audience.

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Locally hosted, openly licensed

Photograph by Mike Peel

License: CC BY-SA 4.0

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