CLAS104 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Eileithyia, Childbirth, Actaeon
16 Apr 2016
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Hera and eileithyia) , got the power from hera: virginity and young maidens: however, the goddess of amazons too, moon: in heaven (cf. Hecate: moon of the underworld, selene: moon on earth) Stories: character, twin (apollo): they have intelligence and archer(bows) so competitive, merciless: killed the killers of young girls (iphigeneia- agamemnon"s daughter was sacrifised in the sea for the sake of the ship, birth on delos: zeus and letos. Letos couldn"t fina a place to give birth so goes to delos and promises to fix the floating island for her access. Helps her mom in childbirth: niobe: she told leto that she has more children so she is sacred than. Leto and leto went and told her kids, and they come and kill the children of. Niobe: actaeon: gets turned into a deer cos he comes to see artemis and virgins bathing naked, callisto and arcas: a worshipper of. Artemis kicks her off her team, callisto bores arcas.
