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  1. Dec 2021
    1. And then the moon, like to a silver bow New bent in heaven, shall behold the night

      Diana is known to go hunting at night and she is very fond of her "silver bow."

    2. Another moon; but oh, methinks, how slow This old moon wanes! She lingers my desires,

      Diana is most associated with the moon or sometimes as the moon. She is also viewed as a guardian of virginity and fertility. When Theseus complains about how the "old moon wanes," perhaps he is complaining about the moon/Diana might be lingering on purpose delaying his marriage to the virginal Hippolyta

      Links:

      [(https://commons.mtholyoke.edu/arth310rdiana/the-moon/#:~:text=Diana%20was%20not%20only%20a%20moon%20goddess%3B%20she,the%20Sun%2C%20father%20of%20Phaethon%2C%20is%20presumably%20Apollo.)

      [(https://www.gods-and-goddesses.com/roman/diana/)

      (https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/p/index.php?title=Diana_(mythology)&oldid=972698)

    3. This old moon wanes

      Diana is most associated with the moon or sometimes as the moon. She is also viewed as a guardian of virginity and fertility. When Theseus complains about how the "old moon wanes," perhaps he is complaining about the moon/Diana might be lingering on purpose delaying his marriage to the virginal Hippolyta

      Links:

      1. [(https://commons.mtholyoke.edu/arth310rdiana/the-moon/#:~:text=Diana%20was%20not%20only%20a%20moon%20goddess%3B%20she,the%20Sun%2C%20father%20of%20Phaethon%2C%20is%20presumably%20Apollo.)

      2. [(https://www.gods-and-goddesses.com/roman/diana/)

      3. (https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/p/index.php?title=Diana_(mythology)&oldid=972698)

    4. Diana’s

      Diana is related to chastity and is known for support women and virgins.

    5. And then the moon, like to a silver bow New bent in heaven

      Diana is known to go hunting at night and she is very fond of her "silver bow."