Artemis Diadoumena, Ancient marble statue in National Archaeological Museum, Athens, Greece

Artemis Diadoumena is a Hellenistic marble statue, probably of Artemis, made of Parian marble around 100 BC and now in the National Archaeological Museum, Athens. The figure wears a short-sleeved chiton belted with fawn skin and a himation wrapped around the left arm and falling to the floor. The right leg supports the body while the left is slightly bent, and the hair is arranged in four braids.

The sculpture was created during the Hellenistic period and originates from the island of Delos, an important religious and artistic center of the ancient world. The work demonstrates how skilled sculptors of that era portrayed gods in idealized human form.

The statue shows how the goddess held special meaning in ancient Greek beliefs about nature and the hunt. Visitors can see how the delicate carving and pose express the divine grace that people expected from goddesses of this era.

The statue is in the National Archaeological Museum in Athens, inventory number 1829. Look for the separately worked head and himation, reattached after breaking off, and the missing right foot, right arm above the elbow and left hand above the wrist.

The arms and head were carved separately and attached, not broken from the body; the right arm and left hand were made as separate pieces and are now lost. The head and parts of the himation were reattached in modern times. The statue carries inventory number 1829 in the National Archaeological Museum.