Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Diana"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Diana
so called by the Romans; called Artemis by the Greeks, the
"great" goddess worshipped among heathen nations under various
modifications. Her most noted temple was that at Ephesus. It was
built outside the city walls, and was one of the seven wonders
of the ancient world. "First and last it was the work of 220
years; built of shining marble; 342 feet long by 164 feet broad;
supported by a forest of columns, each 56 feet high; a sacred
museum of masterpieces of sculpture and painting. At the centre,
hidden by curtains, within a gorgeous shrine, stood the very
ancient image of the goddess, on wood or ebony reputed to have
fallen from the sky. Behind the shrine was a treasury, where, as
in 'the safest bank in Asia,' nations and kings stored their
most precious things. The temple as St. Paul saw it subsisted
till A.D. 262, when it was ruined by the Goths" (Acts
19:23-41)., Moule on Ephesians: Introd.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Diana \Di*a"na\, n. [L. Diana.] (Myth.)
The daughter of Jupiter and Latona; a virgin goddess who
presided over hunting, chastity, and marriage; -- identified
with the Greek goddess {Artemis}.
And chaste Diana haunts the forest shade. --Pope.
{Diana monkey} (Zo["o]l.), a handsome, white-bearded monkey
of West Africa ({Cercopithecus Diana}).
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Diana
n 1: English aristocrat who was the first wife of Prince Charles;
her death in an automobile accident in Paris produced
intense national mourning (1961-1997) [syn: {Diana}, {Princess
Diana}, {Princess of Wales}, {Lady Diana Frances Spencer}]
2: (Roman mythology) virgin goddess of the hunt and the moon;
counterpart of Greek Artemis [syn: {Diana}]
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