Brauron

These substitution stories, the faun for Iphigenia, the ram for Isaac, all mark the transition from human to animal sacrifice.

The next rite, though very primitive, shows Artemis in gentler guise.

On the Acropolis at Athens was a precinct of Artemis Brauronia, and in it an image made by Praxelites.

Within this precinct went on the Arcteia, or bear service.

In the Lusistrata of Aristophanes, the chorus of women sing of the benefits they have received from the state, and how they were reared at its expense.