Artemis and dead infants: A new bronze statuette of Artemis Ephesia discovered at Eretria
Ackermann, Guy
Artemis and dead infants: A new bronze statuette of Artemis Ephesia discovered at Eretria - 2022.
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A well in Eretria (on the island of Euboea, Greece) has yielded the first bronze statuette of Artemis Ephesia for which we have a precise context of discovery. The best explanation for its presence alongside the bones of infants who died in the perinatal period is that it was a propitiatory offering made by midwives, who though this gift would have placed their activities under the auspices of Artemis, invoked here as a protective divinity for newborns, dead or alive.
Artemis and dead infants: A new bronze statuette of Artemis Ephesia discovered at Eretria - 2022.
95
A well in Eretria (on the island of Euboea, Greece) has yielded the first bronze statuette of Artemis Ephesia for which we have a precise context of discovery. The best explanation for its presence alongside the bones of infants who died in the perinatal period is that it was a propitiatory offering made by midwives, who though this gift would have placed their activities under the auspices of Artemis, invoked here as a protective divinity for newborns, dead or alive.
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