If you ask why Diana statue often accompanied, besides hounds, with a stag. The disturbing myth of Diana and Actaeon(the Theban prince and mighty hunter)tells you why :『The goddess is observed by a young huntsman as she bathes naked in a stream. He stares in fascination and awe at “the most beautiful vision ever beheld by man”. But his harmless voyeurism leads to tragedy; Diana sees him and turns him instantly into a stag - a form in which he would never be able to tell anyone he had seen her naked. However, as luck would have it, his hunting dogs did not recognize their master in his new form, so they turned on him, hunted him down and tore him.』
This is one of many myths which unmasks the Greek male‘s fear of women (Medea and Atalanta are two others) - female beauty is not just there for his enjoyment - it has a power to trap and then destroy.
Diana Punishes Actaeon by RICHARD L. MINNS