FOR 106
Myth and Meaning

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Chapter 10: Artemis

Terms/Names/Tales to know:

Attributes: golden arrows, quiver, crescent moon, retinue of nymphs, rejection of men ("misandry," the opposite of "misogyny") (image: Piraeus bronze)

Birth tale (connected with Apollo's, see chapter 11)

Cult places: mostly in Asia Minor (across the Aegean Sea from Greece)
Temple of Artemis at Ephesus: an ancient wonder of the world

Roles:
Early: Goddess of child-birth, fertility (image)
Later: Protectress of animals, children
Virgin Goddess of the hunt, goddess of the moon (Paul Manship's bronze, NGA) (and another Manship bronze)

Connection with Selene and Hecate

As Opposite of Aphrodite (Euripides' Phaedra)
 

Famous Tales:
Niobe
Actaeon (Titian's Actaeon) (Cesari's Actaeon) (Camassei' Actaeon) (another Actaeon by Titian)
Callisto (Titian)
Orion
 

Aphrodite's Affair with Anchises - and her son, Aeneas

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