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As the Wikipedia article says:
"Artemis turned Taygete into a doe, and since in this form Zeus raped her, any distinction between the Titaness in her human form and in her doe form is blurred. As Pindar conceived the myth-element in his third Olympian Ode, "the doe with the golden horns, which once Taygete had inscribed as a sacred dedication to Artemis Orthosia," ("right-minded" Artemis) was the very Cerynian Hind that Heracles later pursued. For the knowledgeable poet, the transformation was incomplete, and the doe-form became an offering."
My question is about this part:
"For the knowledgeable poet, the transformation was incomplete, and the doe-form became an offering."
What does this mean the incomplete transformation as an offering? (Anon. User:70.178.238.83)
might be a good idea, as it is named for her Lily20 ( talk) 17:34, 20 August 2009 (UTC)
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As the Wikipedia article says:
"Artemis turned Taygete into a doe, and since in this form Zeus raped her, any distinction between the Titaness in her human form and in her doe form is blurred. As Pindar conceived the myth-element in his third Olympian Ode, "the doe with the golden horns, which once Taygete had inscribed as a sacred dedication to Artemis Orthosia," ("right-minded" Artemis) was the very Cerynian Hind that Heracles later pursued. For the knowledgeable poet, the transformation was incomplete, and the doe-form became an offering."
My question is about this part:
"For the knowledgeable poet, the transformation was incomplete, and the doe-form became an offering."
What does this mean the incomplete transformation as an offering? (Anon. User:70.178.238.83)
might be a good idea, as it is named for her Lily20 ( talk) 17:34, 20 August 2009 (UTC)