CLA 2323 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Actaeon, Eileithyia, Otocinclus
2 Mar 2017
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Ex. young spartan men at the shrine of artemis orthia. Ex. rituals performed for artemis by young girls as bears . Sanctuaries of goddess provided focus for rites of passage. A related form of transition in which she was deemed to play a role: childbirth. Some of her sanctuaries located in marshes or the sea shore. By the imagery of bears - she would regarded as mistress of wild animals. Although artemis loved the beasts of wild - still hunt them down. Another analogous paradox - iphigeneia (daughter of agamemnon) When agamemnon offends artemis (saying that he"s better hunger than her): artemis demands the sacrifice. In homer"s odyssey - compare virginal beauty of young princess nausikaa to artemis. Like her brother apollo; also carries a bow & aim is unerring of iphigeneia in recompense. Then artemis relents; whisking her away to safety & replacing her w/sacrificial deer.
