Talk:Taygete

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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)


 * Terrible! That was me that wrote that baffling babble. Is this edited version better?


 * "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: the nymph who hunted the doe in the company of Artemis is the doe herself. 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. Pindar, who was a very knowledgeable mythographer, hints that the mythic doe, even when slain and offered to Artemis, also continues to exist, to be hunted once again (though not killed) by Hercules at a later time."


 * Would that be better? Very embarrassing. Pindar is obscure, but Wikipedia shouldn't be... --Wetman 05:08, 6 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Add Link to the star Taygeta, in the Pleiades cluster
might be a good idea, as it is named for herLily20 (talk) 17:34, 20 August 2009 (UTC)