CLAS 2000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Oceanid, Euripides, Oenopion

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLAS 2000
• Professor: John Walsh

Document Summary

Niobe was enraged by the honor leto, artemis, and apollo received by the women of. Artemis, the goddess of also purity and chasitiy, was accidentally seen by actaeon naked, while she was bathing in the forest, and eventually killed him in order to attain her purity. Orion is a mighty hunter and is associated with the island of chios and its king, Oceanid), and they all transformed into constellations, including his dog, sirius, who became the dog star. Artemis is called a virgin goddess, but may have had fertility connections: interest in childbirth and you children and animals, which goes against virginity in some myths, can be seen as the goddess of the moon. Artemis is sometimes associated with selene and hecate. Selene in heaven, artemis on earth, and hecate in the underworld, are al deities of the moon. Artemis opposite of aphrodite, becomes a negative force, representing utter rejection of love and a positive force towards purity and asceticism.