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A 4 page discussion of whether there is any predictability as to whether or not the Greek goddesses were fully assimilated their indigenous counterparts. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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goddesses are considerably less formidable than were the original mythological characters ultimately assimilated into their personas. This argument purports that the non-Hellenic goddesses represented by the Greek goddesses Athena
and Artemis simply held too much power and importance in their original connotations to allow them to exist in the Greek pantheon as they were. It is contended that,
Hellenization rendered Athena and Artemis alike into less threatening beings and formally subordinated them to Zeus. The reality is that the cultural process that ultimately resulted in Athena and
Artemis was considerably more complex than that which would result in a linear progression from one powerful goddess to a less powerful patriarchally-dominated goddess in both of these instances.
Indeed, it might be argued that while it is more plausible that Artemis might fit into this generalized progression, Athena is actually a more powerful mythological being than are the
indigenous goddesses that preceded her. To illustrate the counterargument presented above we shall first consider Athena. Athena in her Greek connotation was indeed a powerful goddess. Not only
was she heavily armored and sporting the head of Medusa herself on her overcoat, she forged her armor herself within the head of the very father that tried to keep
her from being born. The result, of course, was that he had such a splitting headache from the noise and racket that ensued from withing his head that his
head split wide open and out jumped the fully-armored Athena (Harris and Platzner, 2009). Obviously, its hard to imagine any more powerful goddess than Athena. Never-the-less, contentions
continue to be presented that the predecessors that are encompassed by her persona were more powerful. To weigh out this contention we shall first consider the Arab world Allat.
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