Potnia Theron of Vicenza, 1st C. CE

"Strabo himself confirms that the religious reality of the Venetians was associated with the religiosity of the Sacred Woods of both Artemide Etolica and Era Argiva, woods in which the sacredness to the Divinity permeated in the quiet living of undisturbed and meek animals. Many scholars have traced in these tests the existence of the "religion of Potnia", or the ancient cult of a Goddess Huntress, Lunar, Sanatrice, Protector of the Cities, residing in the woods sacred to her, a very powerful Numen of river, maritime waters, thermal, with the power to travel between the worlds of existence. The Potnia Thèron Lady of the Animals, like the Goddess found in Vicenza, surrounded by ferocious animals such as the wolf and the lion that under her hand become gentle and faithful companions."

-taken from dalvenetoalmondoblog blogspot link below

Potnia Theron of Vicenza antefix, 1st C. CE. Clay. Current location: Archaeological Museum, Vicenza.

Source/Quote:

http://www.veicetia.org/wp/?page_id=14

https://dalvenetoalmondoblog.blogspot.com/2017/06/culto-di-giunone-ed-artemide-nelle.html