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

by Nanno Marinatos

Overview

First Published in 2004. Naked Goddesses can take on various forms: mistresses of animals, seductresses, fertility figures, even monsters. Nudity, however, has a consistent message: power. This book explores the power of naked females in the art of the Levant and Early Greece, tracing the path and transformation of these magical symbols from their place of origin to Crete and the mainland. The Goddess and the Warrior presents a stimulating, provocative and lavishly illustrated analysis of the role of the naked goddess and the mistress of the animals within Greek Religion.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781134601479
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/01/2002
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	176
File size:	6 MB

About the Author

Marinatos, Nanno

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