tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2382184804747180588.post8827820481772220080..comments2024-03-27T09:04:12.454-07:00Comments on Baring the Aegis: Cats in ancient HellasElani Temperancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05611003885755154591noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2382184804747180588.post-29503882679379361492020-08-26T09:42:17.074-07:002020-08-26T09:42:17.074-07:00Yeah. Polecats are not cats. One of Hekate's l...Yeah. Polecats are not cats. One of Hekate's lessor known epithets is Hekate Leiana or "Lioness". I'm not sure of the origins of that epithet. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12376998674053427908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2382184804747180588.post-26030467458507768792020-02-14T22:42:51.150-08:002020-02-14T22:42:51.150-08:00A polecat isn't a cat, it's a type of ferr...A polecat isn't a cat, it's a type of ferret. Sangrailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04040805389318812227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2382184804747180588.post-75461911967979734642014-08-04T02:08:49.858-07:002014-08-04T02:08:49.858-07:00While cats don't really feature as prominently...While cats don't really feature as prominently in the mythology of the area as they do in AEgyptian mythology, the earliest evidence of a cat as a *cherished housepet*, and not simply a "liminal" creature is Kypriot:<br /><br />http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/04/0408_040408_oldestpetcat.html<br /><br />Note the grave also held seashelss and polished stones and other "decorative artifacts"; the named objects, and my knowledge of prominent Kypriot mythology, suggest a now-lost siginifcance to Aphrodite.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16904753702142820459noreply@blogger.com