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

BOOK COVER -- TITLE -- COPYRIGHT -- DEDICATION -- CONTENTS -- FIGURES -- PREFACE -- ABBREVIATIONS -- 1 THE NAKED GODDESS AND MISTRESS OF ANIMALS IN THE NEAR EAST AND GREECE -- The naked goddess and the goddess who lifts her skirt -- Sexuality and danger: the naked goddess on Syrian seals -- The naked goddess as a Mistress of Animals on Near Eastern seals -- Naked figurines from Syro-Palestine -- Egyptian Qu-du-shu -- The naked goddess on armour -- Jewellery -- Naked figurines and plaques in Greece in the Orientalizing period: the case of Gortyn -- 2 CIRCE AS THE LEGACY OF THE NAKED GODDESS IN GREEK MYTH -- Circe's name: female hawk -- The hawk and its connection with Near Eastern and Egyptian goddesses -- Circe as a Mistress of Animals in the Odyssey -- Circe as a sexual goddess: sexuality and danger on Archaic vases -- Literary prototypes for Circe in the Near East -- 3 GORGO: ADVERSARY AND PATRONESS OF MEN -- Introduction -- The Mistress of Animals -- Gorgo, snake-handlers and magicians -- The sexually threatening Gorgo -- Gorgo, horses and the young hero -- Medusa and Perseus: initiation in myth and ritual -- Gorgo as an initiatrix at the Temple of Artemis -- Conclusions and summary -- 4 PATRON GODDESSES AND MALE IDENTITY -- The Temple of Prinias -- Naked goddesses and magical triads -- Further iconographical evidence -- The Mistress of Animals as a patroness of the warrior and hero -- 5 THE MISTRESS OF ANIMALS-ARTEMIS, GORGO AND THE ICONOGRAPHY OF VIOLENCE -- Introduction -- Some observations on the iconography of Artemis and the Mistress of Animals -- The relationship of Artemis to warriors -- The temple at Corfu and shield straps from Olympia -- Artemis and violent initiation -- 6 THE AEGEAN MISTRESS OF ANIMALS AND THE GODDESS WITH THE UPRAISED ARMS -- Introduction -- The Minoan/Aegean goddess -- The goddess with upraised arms.;First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.