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OGCMA s.v. "Artemis"

Kleitias Painter, Artemis as Potnia Theron, on handles of the François Vase, Attic black-figure, ca 575 BC

Two images of an ancient Greek vase with mythological scenes, one slightly angled and the other front-facing, showing a hero and animals

ML p. 227: “Artemis is shown in profile, winged and wearing the peplos, an archaic robe folded over the shoulders, belted, and descending to the feet. On the left she holds two lions by their necks, on the right a panther and a stag.” This shows her exercising dominion over beasts of the earth.

The depictions of Achilles bearing Ajax fit appropriately with the Iliadic theme of the Francoise Vase.

Aside from the winged sphynxes, the other divinities besides Artemis are not winged. Perhaps she is given special prominence on this Iliad vase because of her role at Aulis.

OGCMA slides are designed by Roger T. Macfarlane for use in Classical Civilization 241 courses at Brigham Young University.
The present resource contains information assembled for The Oxford Guide to Classical Mythology in the Arts, 1400 – 1990’s, edited by J. Davidson Reid (Oxford 1994), and it is used with express permission from Oxford University Press.
Address concerns or inquiries to macfarlane@byu.edu.