Prehistory . Kourotrophos
Kourotrophos: Cults and representations of the Greek nursing deities

The unknown artist has created an image of motherhood which is tender and personal as well as monumental . Look at the way she's holding the two babies both breasts being conveniently exposed through appropriate holes in her tunic.The mother has her right hand with her thumb playfully stroking one baby's toes, while her left give's the other twin a little extra support for his head. But there is no tension anywhere: mother and children are so totally at ease and at peace with the world.

Platelet of terracotta shaped with the representation of a central feminine figure sat in a throne, which I receive in her arms two children to which she gives the breast. Between the figures of the side left and the central image there is a small pigeon. The set Mother is interpreted as a representation of the Kourotrophos.