{"collection":"Classics","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/cla/sob/sob055.htm","path":"cla/sob/sob055.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/cla/sob/sob055.htm","text":"The little guardian Astarte which protects Mnasidika, was modeled at Camiros by a very clever potter. She is as large as your thumb, of fine-ground yellow clay.\nHer tresses fall and circle about her narrow shoulders. Her eyes are cut quite widely and her mouth is very small. For she is the All-Beautiful.\nHer right hand indicates her delta, which is peppered with tiny holes about her lower belly and along her groins. For she is the All-Lovable.\nHer left hand supports her round and heavy breasts. Between her spreading hips swings a large and fertile belly. For she is the Mother-of-All.","title":"The Songs of Bilitis: II. Elegies At Mytilene: The Little Clay Astarte","type":"page"}