1–10: Depictions of the goddess or priestesses.
“Kouros is an ancient word, even older than the Greek language itself. It was frequently used as a term of honour…
…The kouros stands on the threshold between the human world and the divine world; he has access to both, and both love and recognise him. Only as kouros can the initiated pass the test of the journey to the afterlife, just as Parmenides does.
…When Heracles dies and becomes immortal, he is described as a kouros rising from the funeral pyre.”
In the Dark Places of Knowledge. Peter Kingsley, pp. 72–73
