Demeter blesses Triptolemos

by Andonis Katanos

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Demeter blesses Triptolemos

Artist

Andonis Katanos

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Photograph - Archaeological Photography

Description

Votive Relief. Pendelic marble. Found in Eleusis. This is the largest and most important known votive relief. Dedicated to the sanctuary of Demeter and Kore. at Eleusis, it represents the Eleusinian deities in a scene of mysteriac ritual. At left, Demeter clad in a peplos and holding a scepter in her left hand, offers ears of wheat to Triptolemos, son of the Eleusinian King Keleos, to bestow on mankind. At right, Persephone, clad in chiton and mantle and holding a torch, blesses Triptolemos with her right hand. The magnificence of the image and particularly, the large scale of the relief suggest that it was not a simple votive dedication but rather associated with cult. The Relief was apparently famous in antiquity and was copied in the Roman period. One of its copies is now in Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. ca. 440-430 BC. National Archaeological Museum Athens.

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August 6th, 2014

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