What is Diana (mythology)?
[[Image:Diane de Versailles - Musée du Louvre AGER Ma 589.jpg |thumb|right|''Diana of Versailles'' is a [[statue]] of Diana that is now in the [[Louvre]] in [[Paris]]. This statue dates from the first or second century. It may have been modelled on an older statue of the Greek period.]] In [[Roman mythology]], '''Diana''' was the [[deity|goddess]] of [[hunt]]ing, and in later times, the [[moon]] and [[chastity]]. Cypress trees were [[sacred]] to her. She was the daughter of [[Jupiter (mythology)|Jupiter]] and the [[Titan (mythology)|Titan]] [[Leto|Latona]] (or Leto). In [[Greek mythology]], Diana was called [[Artemis]]. She is also associated with [[fertile|fertility]] and [[nature]]. [[Artemis]] is her Greek equivalent. According to mythology Diana was born with her twin brother [[Apollo]] on the island of Delos. Apollo was her only real brother but she had many half brothers and sisters from her father. Her half-siblings were Vulcan, Minerva, Mercury, Bacchus, Mars, and Proserpine. Diana made a group of three with two other Roman deities: Egeria the water nymph, her servant and midwife helper; and Virbius, the god of the woods. Diana is a maiden goddess which means she can't marry. == Other websites == {{commonscat-inline|Diana}} * [http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/picture-of-month/displaypicture.asp?venue=7&id=130 ''Landscape with Diana and Callisto'' painting] * [http://www.wga.hu/art/d/domenich/diana.jpg ''Diana and her Nymphs'' painting] {{Roman myth (major)}} {{Europe-stub}} [[Category:Roman gods and goddesses]] [[Category:Gods and goddesses of the moon]] [[Category:Virgin goddesses]]