Untitled (Eis Artemin - ‘Hymn to Artemis’)
Signed artist's proof, aside from the edition of 50.
Named after two hymns in honour of Artemis, supposedly composed by the Ancient Greek poet Homer. Artemis, daughter of Zeus and twin sister of Apollo, was the virginal goddess of hunting, and was closely associated with the forest, moonlight, wilderness and the cypress tree, as well as childbirth and young children. Usually depicted as a huntress, she was one of the most important gods in the Greek pantheon and featured heavily in Ancient Greek mythology, poetry, and theatre, especially Euripides’ famed tragedy ‘Hippolytus’.
Homer’s second Hymn to Artemis: 'I sing of Artemis, whose shafts are of gold, who cheers on the hounds, the pure maiden, shooter of stags, who delights in archery, own sister to Apollo with the golden sword. Over the shadowy hills and windy peaks she draws her golden bow, rejoicing in the chase, and sends out grievous shafts. The tops of the high mountains tremble and the tangled wood echoes awesomely with the outcry of beasts: earth quakes and the sea also where fishes shoal.’
Named after two hymns in honour of Artemis, supposedly composed by the Ancient Greek poet Homer. Artemis, daughter of Zeus and twin sister of Apollo, was the virginal goddess of hunting, and was closely associated with the forest, moonlight, wilderness and the cypress tree, as well as childbirth and young children. Usually depicted as a huntress, she was one of the most important gods in the Greek pantheon and featured heavily in Ancient Greek mythology, poetry, and theatre, especially Euripides’ famed tragedy ‘Hippolytus’.
Homer’s second Hymn to Artemis: 'I sing of Artemis, whose shafts are of gold, who cheers on the hounds, the pure maiden, shooter of stags, who delights in archery, own sister to Apollo with the golden sword. Over the shadowy hills and windy peaks she draws her golden bow, rejoicing in the chase, and sends out grievous shafts. The tops of the high mountains tremble and the tangled wood echoes awesomely with the outcry of beasts: earth quakes and the sea also where fishes shoal.’
$2,825.94
Untitled (Eis Artemin - ‘Hymn to Artemis’)—
$2,825.94
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Signed artist's proof, aside from the edition of 50.
Named after two hymns in honour of Artemis, supposedly composed by the Ancient Greek poet Homer. Artemis, daughter of Zeus and twin sister of Apollo, was the virginal goddess of hunting, and was closely associated with the forest, moonlight, wilderness and the cypress tree, as well as childbirth and young children. Usually depicted as a huntress, she was one of the most important gods in the Greek pantheon and featured heavily in Ancient Greek mythology, poetry, and theatre, especially Euripides’ famed tragedy ‘Hippolytus’.
Homer’s second Hymn to Artemis: 'I sing of Artemis, whose shafts are of gold, who cheers on the hounds, the pure maiden, shooter of stags, who delights in archery, own sister to Apollo with the golden sword. Over the shadowy hills and windy peaks she draws her golden bow, rejoicing in the chase, and sends out grievous shafts. The tops of the high mountains tremble and the tangled wood echoes awesomely with the outcry of beasts: earth quakes and the sea also where fishes shoal.’
Named after two hymns in honour of Artemis, supposedly composed by the Ancient Greek poet Homer. Artemis, daughter of Zeus and twin sister of Apollo, was the virginal goddess of hunting, and was closely associated with the forest, moonlight, wilderness and the cypress tree, as well as childbirth and young children. Usually depicted as a huntress, she was one of the most important gods in the Greek pantheon and featured heavily in Ancient Greek mythology, poetry, and theatre, especially Euripides’ famed tragedy ‘Hippolytus’.
Homer’s second Hymn to Artemis: 'I sing of Artemis, whose shafts are of gold, who cheers on the hounds, the pure maiden, shooter of stags, who delights in archery, own sister to Apollo with the golden sword. Over the shadowy hills and windy peaks she draws her golden bow, rejoicing in the chase, and sends out grievous shafts. The tops of the high mountains tremble and the tangled wood echoes awesomely with the outcry of beasts: earth quakes and the sea also where fishes shoal.’
