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Daedalic Pendant with Potnia Theron (Mistress of Animals)
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About this work
This pendant shows the goddess Potnia Theron, the “mistress of the animals,” a deity sometimes associated with the Greek goddess Artemis. The goddess stands in a frontal pose with upswept wings, one curving above each shoulder. Each of her fists closes around the leash of a rearing feline. This piece is one of two nearly identical pendants in the collection (1999.88 and 2001.157) that were probably originally from the same necklace.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineDaedalic Pendant with Potnia Theron (Mistress of Animals), 650–600 BCE. Eastern Greece, Rhodian. Gold and glass; overall: 3 x 2 cm (1 3/16 x 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1999.88
