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plt25 In reply to LalaAdanwenB [2012-02-06 18:40:06 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, they're hidden pretty well. In the Homeric Hymns, they're in the Hymn to Apollo and I think the Hymn to Hermes. I was reading this book called: "Python: A Study of Delphic Myth and Its Origins" and I came across all this great material about them.

They are obviously pre-Hellenic as in the myth they are said to have taught Apollo the art of prophecy. They were apparently the patrons of the Delphic oracle region prior to the Dorians bringing their gods there to take over. Curiously, the main site of the oracle seems to have been the Corycian Cave prior to being moved to the later site at Delphi.

Were they Mycenaean or even pre-Mycenaean? The aspect of the triple-goddess is very old and they're usually portrayed negatively by later greek myth, ie: gorgons, graiae, moirae, etc, which could indicate some hostility early on.

I don't know, but it's a subject that fascinates me.

The clothing is from a few sources. The wool skirt on the first girl is from the Hagia Triada Sarcophagus. Some of the other clothing is from frescoes from Knossos, Phaistos, and of course Thera and a few mainland Mycenaean art fragments.

The jewelry and some of the pottery stuff is from a lot of archaeological photos from a stack of books I have on the subject.

Appreciate the comment!

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LalaAdanwenB In reply to plt25 [2012-02-07 12:34:13 +0000 UTC]

I didn´t know about those hymns - I guess homeric here means that they´re from roughly the same time as Homer´s works?
It´s definitely fascinating - I think everyone would love to know exactly what people lived in Greece before the Greeks came and what elements of their religion was integrated into the new one. It´s pretty much the same everywhere - for example there is this theory that the titans were the gods of the old people in Greece, so the new pantheon had to fight them. The same is said about the Vanir and Aesir in Norse Mythology. If only we could ever find out!

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plt25 In reply to LalaAdanwenB [2012-02-08 22:56:00 +0000 UTC]

Absolutely. It's so interesting to try and think about all the hidden historical incidents are shrouded within the myths handed down after they happened.

Check out the Homeric Hymns. Another one I'm going to get is Pseudo-Hesiod's "The Shield of Herakles".

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LalaAdanwenB In reply to plt25 [2012-02-09 10:24:53 +0000 UTC]

My thoughts exactly.

Lol, Pseudo-Hesiod?

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plt25 In reply to bear48 [2012-02-06 18:30:36 +0000 UTC]

Thanks. This was an ambitious project but I'm happy the way it turned out.

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