Goddess and the Warrior: The Naked Goddess and Mistress of the Animals in Early Greek Religion

by Nanno Marinatos

Overview

A stimulating, provocative and lavishly illustrated analysis of the role of the naked goddess and the mistress of the animals within Greek religion. This book explores the power of naked females in the art of the Levant and Greece.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415619431
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	01/06/2011
Pages:	176
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

1 The naked goddess and Mistress of Animals in the Near East and Greece 2 Circe as the legacy of the naked goddess in Greek myth 3 Gorgo: adversary and patroness of men 4 Patron goddesses and male identity 5 The Mistress of Animals—Artemis, Gorgo and the iconography of violence: initiation and warrior ideology 6 The Aegean Mistress of Animals and the goddess with the upraised arms