 The bloody ritual which legend ascribed to the Tauric Diana is familiar to classical readers; it was said that every stranger who landed on the shore was sacrificed on her altar, but that, when transported to Italy, the rite of human sacrifice assumed a milder form.No historical or archaeological evidence links these Greek myths to the cultus, or religious cult, at Nemi.The temple of Diana Nemorensis was preceded by the sacred grove in which there stood a carved cult image.