Bee Goddess of the Ephesians

coin with bee and first letters of Ephesus

  

two sides of coin, one bee, the other stag

Coins of Ephesos often show the Bee and Stag, emblems
of Artemis Ephesia. These date to around 300 BCE.

another bee and stag coin

Another version of the Bee and Stag coin,
circa 330 BCE. At right, Bee Goddess
ornaments from Camiros, Island of Rhodes
(off the southwest coast of Turkey).

  

two golden plaques showing bees with women's heads

 

drawing of Ephesian bee coin Another Ephesian bee coin

  

The bee was often associated with the lion in Anatolian art, a symbolism which Etruscans carried with them to Italy.

 drawing of statue of lioness with bee

 

  

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