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Artemis is a literary, iconographic, and archaeological study of the ancient Greek goddess of transitions, who presided over virginity and fertility, cruelty and child care, the wilds and the civilized, the hunt and the birth bower. Beginning with a study of the early origins of Artemis and her cult in the Bronze and Archaic Ages, this book explores the goddess's persona and her role in the lives of her Greek worshippers.

Produktbeschreibung
Artemis is a literary, iconographic, and archaeological study of the ancient Greek goddess of transitions, who presided over virginity and fertility, cruelty and child care, the wilds and the civilized, the hunt and the birth bower. Beginning with a study of the early origins of Artemis and her cult in the Bronze and Archaic Ages, this book explores the goddess's persona and her role in the lives of her Greek worshippers.
Autorenporträt
Stephanie Lynn Budin is an ancient historian who focuses on ancient Greece and the Near East. Her published works include Images of Woman and Child from the Bronze Age (2011), The Ancient Greeks: An Introduction (2009), The Myth of Sacred Prostitution in Antiquity (2008) and The Origin of Aphrodite (2003), as well as numerous articles on ancient religion and iconography.