CLSC 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Cave Painting, Potnia
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Goddess of the hunt: procter of animals. Goddess of unmarried girls: protector of youths. Diferent than associated with moon goddess selene. Helps birth of apollo ater she was born. Nearly always accompanied by band of followers: young women are called nymphs, devine unmarried women. Dressed for huning: wear boots that go up to knee. Atributes: dressed for huning: has bow and quiver on back, seen with dogs (huning) or young deer (role as protector) Potnia ton theron (lady of the animals: earliest example is cave paining. Kallisto (a nymph: pledged to chasity, was atracive, zeus likes her. Decides, he will get a bear: zeus is watching this and realizes that kallisto is the bear. Intervenes and turns arkas into a bear and takes kalisko and arkas and puts them up into heavens as constellaions. Orion a hunter (big fan of artemis: somehow pissed of artemis.
