Artemis hunting deer by moonlight

    Caption: "Artemis with a hind, better known as 'Diana of Versailles'. Marble, Roman sculpture, Imperial Era (1st--2nd century CE). Found in Italy." Possibly a copy of a Greek statue by Leochares (4th century BCE).

    Artemis (equated to the Roman goddess Diana) was the mythical Greek Moon goddess, the twin sister of Apollo, the mythical Greek Sun god.

    As I know from days in Tennessee, deer are still hunted by the light of the Moon.

      Ill met by moonlight ...

        Act 2, Scene 1 (scroll down about 20 %) of A Midsummer Night's Dream (before or c. 1596), William Shakespeare (1564--1616).

    Actually, the ancient Greeks had two other Moon goddesses: the Titan Selene and Hecate---of whom Hesiod (circa late 8th century BCE) thought well of.

    Credit/Permission: Marie-Lan Nguyen (AKA User:Jastrow), 2005 / Public domain.
    Image link: Wikipedia.
    File: Art file: artemis.html.