Artemis

by Stephanie Lynn Budin

Book Overview

Artemis is a literary, iconographic, and archaeological study of the ancient Greek goddess of the hunt, who presided over the transitions and mediations between the wild and the civilized, youth and maturity, life and death. Beginning with a study of the early origins of Artemis and her cult in the Bronze and Archaic Ages, Budin explores the goddess' persona and her role in the lives of her worshippers.

This volume examines her birth and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415725410
• ISBN13: 9780415725415
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.2"