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

by: Marinatos, N.

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The goddess and the warrior : the naked goddess and mistress of animals in early Greek religion
Author:Nanno Marinatos

Summary:"Nanno Marinatos explores the role of the naked goddess and mistress of animals in Greek religion. She examines their eastern origins and discusses their dissemination throughout the mainland and Crete. She also analyses their function as magical devices which ward off evil and questions why a female god was the protectress of men rather than women." "The Goddess and the Warrior is illustrated with photographs and drawings of the naked goddess and mistress of animals in her various guises.

Contents:
The naked goddess and mistress of animals in the Near East and Greece
Circe as the legacy of the naked goddess in Greek myth
Gorgo adversary and patroness of men
Patron goddesses and male identity
The mistress of animals: Aretemis, Gorgo and the iconography of violence: initiation and warrior ideology
The Aegean mistress of animals and the goddess with the upraised arms

Series:
Routledge classical monographs

xiii, 162 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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

by: Marinatos, N.

• ISBN-13: 9780415619431 / 978-0-415-61943-1
• ISBN-03: 0415619432 / 0-415-61943-2
• Routledge, London, 2011

Price: 45,00 EURO

1 copy in stock