Mittens the Great? How Cats Occupied the Hellenstic World by Hannah Spencer https://padlet.com/spencerhm1/wws08wg0cqtsc9yv en-us 2022-11-13 11:34:14 UTC 2026-01-09 15:39:01 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f431.png Sacred Cat Feeders of Sophthis- Greeks not taking the cat feeders seriously OR one greek guy not being very nice, either way the cat feeders were important enough to be exempt under greek law spencerhm1 https://padlet.com/spencerhm1/wws08wg0cqtsc9yv/wish/2381495384 2022-11-13 12:00:53 UTC https://padlet.com/spencerhm1/wws08wg0cqtsc9yv/wish/2381495384 Simbaaa (cat sized, lion shaped. there seems to have been some confusion) spencerhm1 https://padlet.com/spencerhm1/wws08wg0cqtsc9yv/wish/2381503559 1905,0612.10 British Museum]]> 2022-11-13 12:18:04 UTC https://padlet.com/spencerhm1/wws08wg0cqtsc9yv/wish/2381503559 Artist may or may not have seen a cat before, but we get the idea spencerhm1 https://padlet.com/spencerhm1/wws08wg0cqtsc9yv/wish/2381506870 2022-11-13 12:25:29 UTC https://padlet.com/spencerhm1/wws08wg0cqtsc9yv/wish/2381506870 Cyprus cat amulet (there are many, many of these) spencerhm1 https://padlet.com/spencerhm1/wws08wg0cqtsc9yv/wish/2381508845 Apparently a popular new years gift due to association with bastet, who was considered a protective deity (usually), thought to ward off evil forces which held particular strength at the turn of the year]]> 2022-11-13 12:29:41 UTC https://padlet.com/spencerhm1/wws08wg0cqtsc9yv/wish/2381508845 Panther + Dionysus spencerhm1 https://padlet.com/spencerhm1/wws08wg0cqtsc9yv/wish/2381893985
Rhyton terminating in the forepart of a wild cat, Silver, mercury gilding, Parthian 1979.447a, b The Met]]> 2022-11-13 23:15:01 UTC https://padlet.com/spencerhm1/wws08wg0cqtsc9yv/wish/2381893985 Long boi spencerhm1 https://padlet.com/spencerhm1/wws08wg0cqtsc9yv/wish/2382854350 (dynamic pose- egyptian art tends to favour a static pose, longer than a cat should be and has 'leopine' features due to greeks having greater familiarity with big cats like lions than with domestic cats)]]> 2022-11-14 13:16:57 UTC https://padlet.com/spencerhm1/wws08wg0cqtsc9yv/wish/2382854350 Italy spencerhm1 https://padlet.com/spencerhm1/wws08wg0cqtsc9yv/wish/2384864606 Diana link to cats following greek association of artemis with bastet]]> 2022-11-15 14:09:37 UTC https://padlet.com/spencerhm1/wws08wg0cqtsc9yv/wish/2384864606 Assurbanipal fighting a lion spencerhm1 https://padlet.com/spencerhm1/wws08wg0cqtsc9yv/wish/2384866535 Pre-hellenistic representation of cats in the near east- negative association. Lions were not friends]]> 2022-11-15 14:10:44 UTC https://padlet.com/spencerhm1/wws08wg0cqtsc9yv/wish/2384866535 Artemis association spencerhm1 https://padlet.com/spencerhm1/wws08wg0cqtsc9yv/wish/2384881423 myth where she turns into a cat, which i have not found yet]]> 2022-11-15 14:18:52 UTC https://padlet.com/spencerhm1/wws08wg0cqtsc9yv/wish/2384881423 Hecate association spencerhm1 https://padlet.com/spencerhm1/wws08wg0cqtsc9yv/wish/2384883924 something about three cats? need to find the artefact they were talking about]]> 2022-11-15 14:20:13 UTC https://padlet.com/spencerhm1/wws08wg0cqtsc9yv/wish/2384883924