The document describes various Greek and Roman myths and deities. It includes descriptions of Artemis as both a hunter and protector, Asklepius as a healer, Hephaestus as the blacksmith thrown from Olympus, Aphrodite rising from the sea, depictions of Demeter mourning the abduction of Persephone by Hades, and the judgment of Paris. The myths and their symbolism are represented in ancient sculptures and paintings.

1. Classic Greek Artemis Portmia Theron: Wings, Protector/ Controller of flanking Wild Beasts

2. Artemis/Diana the Hunter: holding torches, chasing deer w/ dog

3. Artemis ( detail of slide 106 ) : holding torch and bow, watching Actaeon metamorphosize into deer and get eaten by dogs

4. Protector Artemis: wings, bow & arrow, petting/protecting baby animal

5. Romans praying/burning incense to Artemis/Diana before hunting boar

6. Artemis punishing Actaeon

7. Artemis Punishing Actaeon (see slide 102 above) : notice figure on far left, supposed to represent rabies/madness of the dogs

8. Family bringing young girl to dedicate as a “bear” to Artemis at Brauron (note sacrificial ox, and tools of sacrifice hidden in box on head)

9. Statue of a “bear” at Brauron, carrying a rabbit-sacrifice to Artemis

10. Fragment showing bear(?)-headed priestess of Artemis at Brauron

11. Artemis at Ephesus (Asia Minor) : Many breasts/eggs/testicle necklace= fertility goddess

12. Tholos at Epidaurus Complex (honoring Asklepius the healer): round building w/ maze in basement where patients locked-up w/ snakes at night to be “healed” if dream-cure failed

13. Statue of Asklepius (Aesculapius): note attributes of scepter w/ snake, Jesus face/beard

14. Patients bringing offering?/prayer to Asklepius in bearded-snake form (probably at Epidaurus)

15. Asklepius seated on snake-throne at Epidaurus, receiving patients?

16. Asklepius as baby: (L  R) Nurse, Asklepius, tripod on pedestal (indicates father Apollo at Delphi), and mother Coronis holding laurel

17. Hephaestus thrown from Olympus at birth: Zeus and Hera on top, Hephaestus falling (clutching hammer), nymph representing the island he landed on below

18. Birth of Erichthonius (1 st Athenian): (L  R) Hephaestus (father) holding tongs, Gaea rising w/ crown & offering baby Erichthonius to Athena, who has thrown her snake-aegis on her back

19. Hephaestus returning to Mt. Olympus: (L  R) Dionysus holding wine, Hephaestus w/ club foot (& very drunk) on donkey, nymph & satyr of Dionysus following in procession

20. Hephaestus again (drunk) on Donkey w/ tools, following Dionysus (holding wine cup) on way back to Mt. Olympus

21. Hephaestus crafting Achilles’ second set of armor and giving it to the hero’s mother Thetis

22. Aphrodite Anadyomene (rising from sea-shell)

23. Aphrodite Anadyomene (rising from sea-birth, drying hair)

24. Aphrodite (at) Cnidus: naked next to water jar

25. Venus de Milo: Most famous Aphrodite statue (probably an example of Aphrodite Landolini)

26. (L  R) Aphrodite, Eros/Cupid, Pan (looking for some, being denied): probably relating to lost myth of Cupid’s mischief, getting Pan to desire/pursue Aphrodite

27. Judgment of Paris: (L  R) Hera (holding cow, probably), Athena (holding helmet and spear), Aphrodite (holding Eros/Cupid), Hermes (w/ special hat and staff) and Paris (seated, to judge)

28. Common Funeral Vase Decoration of Demeter (Ceres): holding grain, pouring libation onto altar

29. (L  R) Demeter and Persephone: Ceres seated, holding grain, Proserpina holding torch

30. Persephone w/ Torch attribute

31. Hades Abducting Persephone: From the wall of a tomb next to that of Philip II of Macedon (father of Alexander the Great), c.350 BC

32. Demeter in Mourning over loss of Persephone: from another wall of the tomb in slide 131

33. Hades abducting Persephone (note dropped torch on right, her attribute)

34. (L  R) Hermes, Persephone, Hades: note the abduction has been changed into a seduction/wedding (Proserpina’s bridal veil), and the torch in front of Hade’s chariot