1. Chapter 9 Lecture Two of Two Artemis Athena ©2012 Pearson Education Inc.

2. ARTEMIS, MISTRESS OF ANIMALS The Roman Diana ©2012 Pearson Education Inc.

3. Artemis, Mistress of the Animals The ancient Potnia Therōn? Daughter of Leto Twin sister of Apollo Born on Ortygia Helped with Apollo’s birth? ©2012 Pearson Education Inc.

4. Fig. 9.3 Artemis of Ephesus ©2012 Pearson Education Inc. Ephesus Museum; Vanni/Art Resource, New York

5. Artemis, Mistress of the Animals Her iconography – Bow and arrows – Hunting attire boots skirt belt ©2012 Pearson Education Inc.

6. Artemis, Mistress of the Animals Odd that the mother earth goddess should become the virgin goddess of the hunt Still, there is pregnancy all around her in her stories Artemis the Killer – Shows her dangerous side – Kills women in childbirth arrows of Artemis – Kills in vengeance ©2012 Pearson Education Inc.

7. Artemis, Mistress of the Animals Niobe – Queen of Thebes – Challenged the honor of Leto The goddess had only two children Niobê had 12 – Apollo and Artemis kill all but one of Niobê’s children – Use of myth Niobe’s excessive grief cited as an exemplum by Achilles to get Priam to eat ©2012 Pearson Education Inc.

8. Fig. 9.4 The Niobids ©2012 Pearson Education Inc. Musée du Louvre, Paris; University of Wisconsin–Madison Photo Archive

9. ORION AND ACTAEON The Dangers of Artemis ©2012 Pearson Education Inc.

10. Orion and Actaeon Orion – Son of Poseidon and a hunter – Could walk on water – Blinded by Oinopion for raping his daughter, Meropê – With a boy on his shoulders, he walked toward the east, where the sun cured his blindness ©2012 Pearson Education Inc.

11. Orion and Actaeon Orion (cont.) – Failed to find Oinopion – Either he tried to rape Artemis or he had an affair with Eos – Artemis put a scorpion on his head that killed him The two constellations: Orion and Scorpio ©2012 Pearson Education Inc.

12. Orion and Actaeon Actaeon – Theban prince, out hunting, accidentally saw Artemis bathing – She turned him into a stag – His dogs find him and tear him to pieces – A veiled human sacrifice? ©2012 Pearson Education Inc.

13. Fig. 9.5 Actaeon attacked by his own hunting dogs. ©2012 Pearson Education Inc. Photograph © 2011 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

14. ATHENA, MISTRESS OF THE CITY The Roman Minerva ©2012 Pearson Education Inc.

15. Athena, Mistress of the City Daughter of Zeus and Metis Muscular virgin Goddess of the crafts of civilization (“wisdom”) – Weaving, carpentry, military-industrial complex and strategy, war chariot and warship, warriors Helmet, owl, shield with Gorgon, snake, aigis breastplate ©2012 Pearson Education Inc.

16. Fig. 9.6 The Parthenon ©2012 Pearson Education Inc. University of Wisconsin–Madison Photo Archive

17. Fig. 9.7 Athena on a Panathenaic vase. ©2012 Pearson Education Inc. Vatican Museums, Museo Gregoriano Etrusco' Alinari/ Art Resource, New York

18. ARACHNÊ The punishment for presumption. ©2012 Pearson Education Inc.

19. Arachnê – Girl from Lydia who challenged Athena in weaving – Ovid: Athena wove in stories of the fate of mortals who dared to challenge the gods – Archnê wove in stories of the corruption of the gods – Athena beats her with her loom, Arachnê tried to hang herself, and is changed into a spider ©2012 Pearson Education Inc.

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