APPROACHES TO ARTEMIS IN BRONZE AGE GREECE

Since the decipherment of Linear B in 1952, much research has focused on the names of the divinities on the tablets, as these provided new data for diachronic studies of Greek cults. In recent years, two major monographs on Mycenaean female deities have been published: in 2001, the proceed- ings of the international Aegeaum conference entitled Potnia – Deities and Religion in the Aegean Bronze Age,2 and in 2004, the monograph by Cécile Boëlle, PO-TI-NI-JA – L’élément féminin dans la religion mycénienne.3