Κόρε κεκλέσομαι αιεί. Uno sguardo sull’arktéia attraverso Phrasikleia

This article investigates the anthropological issues of the “she-bear” rite, named arktéia, dedicated to the goddess Artemis in her sanctuary of Brauron (Attica), by young girls, before the celebration of their marriage. Kore Phrasiklieia is taken here as a case study with respect to its decoration, suggesting the presence of several attributes connected to the “brauronian” symbolics. There are three chapters: a history of the discovery of the statue, an analysis of its attributes, and an anthropological interpretation of the cult. The comparison between archaeological evidence, historical data, and ancient sources leads to the conclusion that Phrasikleia had performed the arktéia rite as a “she-bear”, but she died before she was married.Članek raziskuje antropološka vprašanja obreda »medvedke«, imenovanega arktéia, ki so ga mlada dekleta pred poroko posvetila boginji Artemidi v njenem svetišču v Brauronu (Atika). Kore Phrasiklieia je tu vzeta kot študija primera glede na njeno dekoracijo, ki kaže na prisotnost več atributov, povezanih z »brauronsko« simboliko. V članku so tri poglavja: zgodovina odkritja kipa, analiza njegovih atributov in antropološka razlaga kulta. Primerjava arheoloških dokazov, zgodovinskih podatkov in antičnih virov vodi do zaključka, da je Phrasikleia kot »medvedka« opravila obred arktéia, vendar je umrla, preden se je poročila