Cleveland Museum of Art

Daedalic Pendant with Potnia Theron (Mistress of the Animals)

Date

650–600 BCE

Medium

gold and glass-like substance

Culture

Eastern Greece, Rhodian

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

This pendant, received in 2001 (2001.157), was probably originally from the same necklace as the nearly identical pendant acquired by the museum in 1999 (1999.88). Both depict 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. A feline rears up on either side of her, pulled by a leash held in each of her clenched fists. The central decoration was likely made by burnishing a sheet of gold on a wood, stone, or ceramic form.

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