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Prolegomena to the study of Greek religion

Note 694 — Chapter VI · THE MAKING OF A GODDESS.

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Dr Wolters (Ἐφ. Ἀρχ. 1892, p. 225) explains the figure of the Earth-Mother as Artemis Λεχώ. I entirely agree with Prof. S. Wide that her pose is not that of ‘eine gebärende Frau’: see S. Wide, ‘Mykenische Götterbilder und Idole,’ A. Mitt. XXVI. 1901, p. 253.

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