CLA204H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Actaeon, Phidias, Hubris
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Parthenos meaning virgin, the building which is dedicated to the virgin goddess: the replica of the statue of athena in the rom, is supposedly a replica of pheidias" statue that was in the center of the. Artemis/ diana: another virgin goddess, and a hunter, she is a violent protector of her purity, two famous myths of her suitors: Orion; he was a great hunter who attempted to rape. She put a scorpion on his head and killed him. The scorpion and orion became constellations in the sky. The source is ovid and his metamorphoses, usually the source if there is a transformation. She turned him into a stag was consumed by his hounds. Artemis and apollo kill all of naobi"s kids because she bragged that she had more kids then leto, their mother. It can also state fro the exceptional psychological state: the metamorphosis becomes popular, ovid is the most cluster.
