Yowza! That's a lot of nipples! In a previous post I mentioned Atremis of Ephesus, a Greek goddess who, at Ephesus, in Turkey, was worshipped more as a fertility goddess than we generally associate with Artemis. Her temple was one of the Ancient Wonders of the World. Today she is a very important pagan figure.
As you may have noticed, she is sometimes represented with rows and rows of breasts - again as a fertility symbol. "Third Nipple" seems a little inadequate for her.
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One thing that is very noticeable if you see a closeup of the statue is that tehre are no nipples on the so-called breasts. Some researchers theorise that the blobs represent sacrificed bull testicles -not joking.
I believe you! I just found this:
This Artemis is not the virgin huntress of Greek myth. She is a local fertility goddess, festooned with swathes of pendulous objects variously interpreted as breasts, eggs or even, it has been argued, testicles (the chief priest of Ephesus is always a eunuch). The temple of Artemis is destroyed by Goths in AD 262.
More info on this temple and another good photo of the statue are here.
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