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Diana / Artemis / Chastity ( - )

Goddess of the moon, the hunt, wildness, pregnancy, and chastity. Dictionary of National Biography entry: http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780198606413.001.0001/acref-9780198606413-e-2144?rskey=S484L9&result=1&q=diana Other biography: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_%28mythology%29 Relationships: Diana / Artemis / Chastity was a sister of Apollo (mythology) (-)

Actaeon (-) was a associate or acquaintance (general) of Diana / Artemis / Chastity
Hecate / Trivia (-) was a relative of Diana / Artemis / Chastity
Jupiter / Zeus (-) was a father of Diana / Artemis / Chastity
References in Documents:
Consolidated catalogue of 1695: The Book of the Vice-Chancellor (MacGregor, ed.) 342 Julia Augusta – Septim. Severi. Pudicitia. Pudicitiæ sedentis typus. Ar deaurat. Julia Domna, wife of Septimus Severus. Chastity, represented by a figure. Silver gilt.
MS Book of the dean of Christ Church (MacGregor, ed.) 543 Diana ex Ebore cælata. Diana, carved in ivory.
18th-c coin catalogue (Canterbury Cathedral Lit MS E 16d)
No. 3 Head of Diana known by her Quiver upon her Shoulder. Reverse. A Club, I think, between the two following Words ΜΑΚΕΔ°ΟΝΩΝ ΠΡΩΤΗΣ at the Bottom a Thunderbolt. dw : gr 9 : 3¼ Bargrave
18th-c coin catalogue (Canterbury Cathedral Lit MS E 16d)
No. 34 Head of Diana her Quiver upon her left Shoulder ΣΩΤΕΙRΡΑ the Letters from Τ worn away. Reverse a winged Thunderbolt ... ΑΘΟΚΛΕΟΕ ... ΑΣΙΛΕΟΣ ie Agathocleos Basileos Bargrave pw : gr 5 : 14
Grew, Musaeum Regalis (1685)

ANOTHER, with the same curious Work, but different Phancy. Neptune making towards the Shore, without his Mace, advances and spreads abroad his Arms, in Courtship towards Diana. Who stands on the Shore in her Mantle half naked, and holding forth her Hand in the posture of denial. Between them, two naked Nymphs, one giving aim to the other, shooting a Dart at Neptune to give him a further repulse. And a Cupid flying away over Dianas Head.

Inventarie of the Gabions, in M. George his Cabinet (1638) From thence to Methven wood we took our way, Soone be Aurora fair did kyth the day; And having rested there some little space, Againe we did betake us to our chace, Raising the Does and Roes forth of their dennes, And watrie fowles out of the marrish fennes, That if Diana had been in that place, Would thought, in hunting we had stain'd her grace.
Thoresby, Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1713) In the Musæum Tradescant are mentioned Pieces of Stone from Apollo's Oracle, Diana's Tomb, &c. which may keep me in Countenance for reciting what follows. A Stone from Jacob's Well,
Thoresby, Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1713) the Extent of the Soke of Wakefield, An. 1300.
Musaeum Tradescantianum (1656) A piece of the Stone of Diana’s Tomb.