@article{ART003287005},
author={KUN HWANG},
title={Multi-Breasts of Artemis of Ephesus through a Plastic Surgeon’s Lens},
journal={Anatomy & Biological Anthropology},
issn={2671-5651},
year={2025},
volume={38},
number={4},
pages={347-349},
doi={10.11637/aba.2025.38.4.347}
TY - JOUR
AU - KUN HWANG
TI - Multi-Breasts of Artemis of Ephesus through a Plastic Surgeon’s Lens
JO - Anatomy & Biological Anthropology
PY - 2025
VL - 38
IS - 4
PB - 대한체질인류학회
SP - 347
EP - 349
SN - 2671-5651
AB - This paper reinterprets the multi-breasted form of Artemis of Ephesus from a comparative anatomical and anthropological perspective. The frontal, hieratic statue of the goddess, adorned with rows of abstract, nipple-less breast-like protuberances, departs radically from human breast morphology yet reflects deep symbolic functions of fertility and nurturing. Drawing from plastic surgical knowledge and anthropological theory, this analysis explores how Artemis’s exaggerated chest defies anatomical realism while revealing a culturally constructed anatomy. The discussion engages with debates on the biological plausibility of polypagia, symbolic exaggeration in cultic iconography, and the implications for understanding the body as both physical form and cultural meaning. Artemis of Ephesus exemplifies a non-Western anatomical imagination-one that privileges reproductive symbolism over sexual aesthetics, and communal myth over biological norm.
KW - Breast;Art;Mythology;Surgery;Plastic
DO - 10.11637/aba.2025.38.4.347
ER -
KUN HWANG. (2025). Multi-Breasts of Artemis of Ephesus through a Plastic Surgeon’s Lens. Anatomy & Biological Anthropology, 38(4), 347-349.
KUN HWANG. 2025, "Multi-Breasts of Artemis of Ephesus through a Plastic Surgeon’s Lens", Anatomy & Biological Anthropology, vol.38, no.4 pp.347-349. Available from: doi:10.11637/aba.2025.38.4.347
KUN HWANG "Multi-Breasts of Artemis of Ephesus through a Plastic Surgeon’s Lens" Anatomy & Biological Anthropology 38.4 pp.347-349 (2025) : 347.
KUN HWANG. Multi-Breasts of Artemis of Ephesus through a Plastic Surgeon’s Lens. 2025; 38(4), 347-349. Available from: doi:10.11637/aba.2025.38.4.347
KUN HWANG. "Multi-Breasts of Artemis of Ephesus through a Plastic Surgeon’s Lens" Anatomy & Biological Anthropology 38, no.4 (2025) : 347-349.doi: 10.11637/aba.2025.38.4.347
KUN HWANG. Multi-Breasts of Artemis of Ephesus through a Plastic Surgeon’s Lens. Anatomy & Biological Anthropology, 38(4), 347-349. doi: 10.11637/aba.2025.38.4.347
KUN HWANG. Multi-Breasts of Artemis of Ephesus through a Plastic Surgeon’s Lens. Anatomy & Biological Anthropology. 2025; 38(4) 347-349. doi: 10.11637/aba.2025.38.4.347
KUN HWANG. Multi-Breasts of Artemis of Ephesus through a Plastic Surgeon’s Lens. 2025; 38(4), 347-349. Available from: doi:10.11637/aba.2025.38.4.347
KUN HWANG. "Multi-Breasts of Artemis of Ephesus through a Plastic Surgeon’s Lens" Anatomy & Biological Anthropology 38, no.4 (2025) : 347-349.doi: 10.11637/aba.2025.38.4.347
