to espouse Juno, and Otus, Diana : the same author adds, that they were at
length killed by a stratagem of this goddess (4) in the island of Naxos.
The artist has here represented Diana inflicting personal revenge for the
insult offered her (5), Avhile on the other side , he has followed a different
tradition, and ascribed to Neptune the chastisement of Ephialtes.
(4) Diana sent a stag between the Aloides,
who throwing their javelins against it, pierced
one another. Apollod., lib. i, cap, 4;Hygin.
fab. 28.
(5) The death of Otus and Ephialtes was
not the only exploit of Diana. We are told,
that two other giants, Orion and Gration, fell
by the arrows of this goddess, in Delos and
in Phlegra. Diana is represented killing Gra-
tion on a bas-relief published, Monum. Ma-
thaeiorum. Tab. 19. The giant is there figured
terminating in serpents.
length killed by a stratagem of this goddess (4) in the island of Naxos.
The artist has here represented Diana inflicting personal revenge for the
insult offered her (5), Avhile on the other side , he has followed a different
tradition, and ascribed to Neptune the chastisement of Ephialtes.
(4) Diana sent a stag between the Aloides,
who throwing their javelins against it, pierced
one another. Apollod., lib. i, cap, 4;Hygin.
fab. 28.
(5) The death of Otus and Ephialtes was
not the only exploit of Diana. We are told,
that two other giants, Orion and Gration, fell
by the arrows of this goddess, in Delos and
in Phlegra. Diana is represented killing Gra-
tion on a bas-relief published, Monum. Ma-
thaeiorum. Tab. 19. The giant is there figured
terminating in serpents.