The Artemis of Ephesus, often called “the beautiful one,” is a striking representation of the goddess Artemis, celebrated as a fertility and nature deity in the ancient city of Ephesus (modern-day Selçuk, Turkey). Unlike the typical Greek depiction of Artemis as a youthful huntress, the Ephesian Artemis embodies a more complex and symbolic form. Her upper torso is adorned with numerous rounded shapes that were traditionally interpreted by academics as either multiple breasts symbolizing fertilit