VOTIVE RELIEF. PENTELIC MARBLE

FOUND IN ELEUSIS.

THIS IS THE LARGEST AND MOST IMPORTANT KNOWN VOTIVE RELIEF. SUGGEST THAT IT WAS APPARENTLY FAMOUS IN ANTIQUITY AND WAS COPIED IN THE ROMAN PERIOD.

ONE OF ITS COPIES IS NOW IN METROPOLITAN MUSEUM ART IN NEW YORK.

CA 440-430 b.C

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.

aT RIGHT, PEREPHONE, CLAD

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