Artemis as Potnia Theron (Mistress of Animals) 675-600 BCE
"She [Artemis] stood taller, a head taller than them all [her attendant Nymphai (Nymphs)]."
-Ovid, Metamorphoses 3. 138 ff (trans. Melville) (Roman epic C 1st B.C. to C 1st A.D.)
-Ovid, Metamorphoses 3. 138 ff (trans. Melville) (Roman epic C 1st B.C. to C 1st A.D.)
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| Pottery plate with Artemis as the Potnia Theron (Mistress of animals), Parian work, 675-600 BC. Hypothetical restoration (very small part has been preserved). Archaeological Museum of Mykonos. |
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