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POMPEII
Artemis. A marble torso of about half life size, found on the
declivity south of the temple, has been identified with some
degree of probability as belonging to a statue of Apollo. Per-
haps originally Apollo and Artemis were honored here, and
with them Leto ; but in an Oscan inscription discovered in 1897
the temple seems to be designated as belonging to Minerva
(P- 234)-
At the time of the eruption the temple was in ruins. It may
have been in this condition only since the earthquake of 63, or
for a longer time. That the worship might not be abandoned a
poor shrine was built among the ruins, smaller than the old
cella and a little further to the right; a drum of a column, set
up on the flag in the floor of the cella, served as a pedestal for
the image of the divinity.
POMPEII
Artemis. A marble torso of about half life size, found on the
declivity south of the temple, has been identified with some
degree of probability as belonging to a statue of Apollo. Per-
haps originally Apollo and Artemis were honored here, and
with them Leto ; but in an Oscan inscription discovered in 1897
the temple seems to be designated as belonging to Minerva
(P- 234)-
At the time of the eruption the temple was in ruins. It may
have been in this condition only since the earthquake of 63, or
for a longer time. That the worship might not be abandoned a
poor shrine was built among the ruins, smaller than the old
cella and a little further to the right; a drum of a column, set
up on the flag in the floor of the cella, served as a pedestal for
the image of the divinity.