Lycosoura Artemis

The Lycosoura Artemis is the remnant of a colossal sculpture of Artemis, created in the Hellenistic period and discovered in Lycosura, present day Arcadia, Greece.

The bust is an acrolith, a composite of many different materials, and is attributed to the sculptor Damophon, who was prominent in the Peloponnese in the early portion of the 2nd century B.C.

Artemis was worshipped alongside Demeter, the Titan Anytos, and Despoina (The Mistress) whose name remains unknown. The historian Pausanias documented the life of Damophon as well as the temple itself and their religious adherents.

Discovered in excavations in the Summer of 1889, the bust is currently housed at the National Archaeological Museum, Athens under the designation NAMA 1735.

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