Artemis Ephesia és az oroszlánok
Artemis Ephesia and the Lions

Summary/Abstract: Although the existence of the cult of Artemis Ephesia is provable from the 8th century BC to the 3rd century AD, we know copies of her cult image only from the Roman Empire period. According to most of the researchers, the rich ornamentation of the statue results from the earlier independent attributes which became part of her image. One of the most often used elements are the lion figures. They are depicted in different forms: either as protomes of the polos and ependytes or as indenpendent figures. The former is interpreted as a symbol, the latter as a real animal. This article examines the second version, and makes an attempt to reveal why they appear on the statues of Artemis Ephesia. A statuette fragment that was found in 2014 on the area of the Artemision of Ephesus may give the possibility to find the answer to this question.

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