Word: artemision
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Secret Stairs. The classical clues that Papadimitriou had to go on were as intriguing as they were vague. The historian Herodotus mentioned a temple of Artemis that flourished at Vravron. Aristophanes hinted at strange orgies. The rest was a tantalizing mixture of myths and the real civilization of the time...
Though popularly known as the goddess of the hunt, Artemis was worshiped at Vravron as a protector of maternity. From a still legible book of offerings, Papadimitriou and his team confirmed that pregnant women left rings at the temple to secure protection, and that those who died in pregnancy or...
Little Bears. The statues that the diggers found are mostly of small girls and boys, apparently used to embellish the temple. Who the boys may have been in real life remains a mystery. But about the girls more is known. They bore the title "Little Bears," for one of their...
"For the first time," says Papadimitriou, "we can get a complete picture of the private life of ancient Athenians, especially the women." One relief from the stoa-as fine as anything that adorned the Parthenon-shows Zeus, Hera, Apollo and Artemis, all figures of commanding grace. But the statues of...
Hunt's suggestion touched off theoretical research that looked better and better as it progressed. In 1959 Columbia University's Hudson Laboratories took over the development of Artemis and called on Frank Massa, president of the Massa Division of Cohu Electronics Inc. to build the necessary gigantic gadget...