From the Greek point of view, the Ephesian Artemis is a distinctive form of their goddess <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis">Artemis</a>. In Greek cult and myth, Artemis is the twin sister of <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo">Apollo</a>, a virgin goddess of the hunt, the wilderness and the moon, who, despite being a goddess of childbirth was nevertheless known for her chastity. At Ephesus, a goddess whom the Greeks associated with Artemis was venerated in an archaic, pre-Hellenic <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cult_image">cult image</a><a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_of_Artemis#cite_note-auto1-53">[49]</a> that was carved of wood (a <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xoanon">xoanon</a>) and kept decorated with jewelry.The features are most similar to Near-Eastern and Egyptian deities, and least similar to Greek ones. The body and legs are enclosed within a tapering pillar-like <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Term_(architecture)">term</a>, from which the goddess' feet protrude. On the coins minted at Ephesus, the goddess wears a <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mural_crown">mural crown</a> (like a city's walls), an attribute of <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cybele">Cybele</a> as a protector of cities (see <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polos">polos</a>).<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_of_Artemis#cite_note-auto1-53">[49]</a><a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_of_Artemis">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_of_Artemis</a>

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