Artemis Soteira by Kephisodotos, 4th C. BCE

"And Artemis received from the Gods the island at Syracuse which was named after her, by both the oracles and men, Ortygia. On this island likewise these Nymphs, to please Artemis, caused a great fountain to gush forth to which was given the name Arethusa. And not only in ancient times did this fountain contain large fish in great numbers, but also in our own day we find these fish still there, considered to be holy and not to be touched by men; and on many occasions, when certain men have eaten them amid stress of war, the deity has shown a striking sign, and has visited with great sufferings such as dared to take them for food."

-Diodorus Siculus, The Library of History: Book 5.3

Female statue, probably a Roman copy of the statue of Artemis by Kephisodotos. 4th C. BCE. Carrara marble. Current location: Capitoline Museums. From the Horti Vettiani, 1873.

Source:

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https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/5A*.html#3