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Ei meninas, tudo bem?
Desencalhando o Deméter, até que ele é bonito, mas não conquistou meu coração. Além disso, demorou horrores para secar. Acho que ele deve ser o menos holográfico dessa coleção ... hum, sem mais. rsrs.
1x Pôr do sol - Impala (quase uma água de tão ralo).
3x Deméter - Hits
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"Demeter (Goddess of Fertility)"
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Original Painting
by Cara Buchalter of Octavine Illustration
Painted in gouache* on wood (Plywerk*).
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*Gouache: a water-based paint similar to watercolor but with more pigment producing a bolder, matte tone.
*Plywerk: a handcrafted wood panel made in Portland, Oregon using environmentally sustainable practices.
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Persephone was Demeter’s (goddess of the Earth) cherished daughter. One day she was picking flowers in a field when Hades, the King of the Underworld, long drawn to Persephone's beauty, burst up through a cleft in the earth and abducted her. The devastated Demeter searched everywhere for her lost daughter, even changing herself into the form of a bird so that she could search otherwise inaccessible places.
All that year no grain grew on the earth while Demeter searched and sorrowed, and humans would have died of hunger had not Helios, god of the sun, who sees all, told Zeus what had happened. Zeus, pressured by the hungry people and by the other gods who felt their anguish, could not allow the Earth to die and forced Hades to return Persephone.
Before she was released to Hermes, who had been sent to retrieve her, Hades tricked Persephone into eating three pomegranate seeds. The pomegranate is the food of the dead, and eating the seeds should have prevented Persephone's return to her mother. Zeus interfered, knowing that the girl had eaten them unknowingly, and said that Persephone would only spend three months (one for each seed) of each year as Hades' queen.
When Demeter and her daughter are together, the Earth flourishes with vegetation and color. Winter is the time of darkness for three months each year, when Persephone returns to the underworld and Demeter grieves.
Una idea que queria hacer hace tiempo, no se si mejorarla o hacer otra, no tengo mucho tiempo por la U pero bue, ahi esta ,
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I saw these at demeterfragrance.com, and had to buy them! this is a 6-piece cologne set made for Sanrio's 50th Anniversary. Each bottle is rather small, and holds .5 fl ounces. There are different sizes/sets to buy at the site, but this one was cheapest, around $40 shipped.
Each fragrance smells pretty close to the character (hover for scent names. Also they are based on my sense of smell, the scents weren't officially listed.) They are a bit strong though, so I doubt i'd wear them much, but still pretty cute.
I was a tad disapointed though ... although these are cute, the page states that they would come in a "adorable gift set box", which they didn't ... simply plain white boxes. Also, these are advertised as a "spray", but have no spray nozzle, just a cap.
Condition: Bought new, never used.
Licensed by Sanrio, 2010.
You can buy them here:
Knidos (Cnidus)
Ancient City, Turkey
Written By: The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
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Cnidus, ancient Greek city on the Carian Chersonese, on the southwest coast of Anatolia. The city was an important commercial centre, the home of a famous medical school, and the site of the observatory of the astronomer Eudoxus. Cnidus was one of six cities in the Dorian Hexapolis and hosted the Dorian games every four years. The Cnidians claimed they were of Spartan origin.
First founded on the southern coast of the Reşadiye peninsula, it was moved in c. 330 bc to Deveboynu Burnu (Cape Kriyo), where a small island was artificially joined to the mainland. One of the two harbours thus created served ships of war, the other merchant shipping. Cnidus founded colonies on Lipara, north of Sicily, and at Black Corcyra (modern Korčula, Croatia) in the Adriatic Sea.
After a vain attempt to convert their peninsula into an island, the Cnidians submitted to the Persians soon after 546 bc; they supported Athens in the Delian League against Persia but revolted against Athens in 412. Cnidus became a democracy in the 4th century bc and was under Ptolemaic control in the 3rd century. It was a free city within the Roman province of Asia, enduring until the 7th century ad, when it was abandoned.
C.T. Newton, excavating the site in 1857–59, found a marble statue of the seated Demeter there. Later excavation revealed the axial plan of the ancient city, a few private dwellings, and numerous public buildings. The most significant of these is the Temple of Aphrodite, a circular Doric temple, excavated by Iris C. Love in 1970. At this site Love found the marble base and fragments of the famous statue of Aphrodite sculpted by Praxiteles in the 4th century bc. The statue, one of the most celebrated in classical antiquity, was purchased by the people of Cnidus after the citizens of the Cos had rejected it on account of its nudity.
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The Lion of Knidos
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DEMETER FROM KNIDOS
The sculpture of Demeter, found in her sanctuary at Knidos in 1858, was first recorded in modern times by English travelers in 1812. The inherent pathos of the figure – the deep-set eyes and other facial characteristics – is often associated with works of the 4th century BCE. sculptor Skopas. However, the work is also often attributed to other sculptors, and some sources date the origin of the work to later centuries.
Here, Demeter is shown seated on a throne - the back part and arm-rails have broken away and are missing. Her lower arms and hands are also lost, though she probably once held a libation bowl or torch. The head was carved separately from the body and socketed into the neck. Demeter is portrayed as a model of Greek womanhood - serene, mature, motherly and modestly veiled. It is speculated that the piece may have originally been accompanied by a standing figure, presumably Persephone. It is also speculated that weary in her search, she sits alone.
Historical Context:
The Sanctuary of Demeter at Knidos was laid out at about the same time as the re-founding of the city, around 350 BCE. The sanctuary consisted of a long platform terraced into the side of an acropolis, with spectacular views of the city below and the sea beyond. Many votive sculptures were once displayed within the sanctuary. Most of these survive only as fragments, but this cult statue of Demeter herself is remarkably intact.
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Demeter with a crown of ears -
Valle Ariccia - Rome, Terme di Diocleziano -
original photo by courtesy of mharrsch
* Demeter: based on the looks of her actress, Blythe Danner.
* Doyle the Leprechaun: based on Iwan Rheon with an Irish look.
* Michael Hinzellman: based on my interpretation while reading the part of Lake Side.
*Chad Mulligan: idem.
*Johan Wengren: a beserker/metalhead. Nuff said.
Outstanding archaic bass-relief from Selinus depicting the Goddess Demeter driving a chariot drawn by four white rampant horses; she is leading back to the Olympus her daughter Kore, or Persephone, portrayed standing on the chariot, beside her mother.
Limestone bass-relief
From Selinus’ Acropolis
About 540-530 BC
Palermo Archaeological Museum “Antonio Salinas”
Scanned immage from a DIA taken in September 1995.
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"In Greek mythology, Persephone was the Queen of the Underworld, consort of Hades and the daughter of Demeter and Zeus.
Persephone (Greek: Περσεφόνη, Persephónē)is her name in the Ionic Greek of epic literature. In other dialects she was known under various other names: Persephassa, Persephatta, or simply Kore (Greek: κόρη, "girl, maiden" [1]) (when worshipped in the context of Demeter and Kore).
The Romans first heard of her from the Aeolian and Dorian cities of Magna Graecia, who use the dialectal variant Proserpina. Hence, in Roman mythology she was called Proserpina, and as a revived Roman Proserpina she became an emblematic figure of the Renaissance.
In Greek art, Persephone/Kore is invariably portrayed robed. She may be carrying a sheaf of grain and smiling demurely with the "Archaic smile" of the Kore of Antenor.
The figure of Persephone is well-known today. Her story has great emotional power: an innocent maiden, a mother's grief at the abduction, and the return of her daughter. It is also cited frequently as a paradigm of myths that explain natural processes, with the descent and return of the goddess bringing about the change of seasons.
In a text ascribed to Empedocles describing a correspondence between four gods and the classical elements, the name Nestis for water apparently refers to Persephone.[2] "Now hear the fourfold roots of everything: Enlivining Hera, Hades, shining Zeus. And Nestis, moistening mortal springs with tears".
Of the four gods of Empedocles' elements it is the name of Persephone alone that is taboo, for the Greeks knew another face of Persephone as well. She was also the terrible Queen of the dead, whose name was not safe to speak aloud, who was named simply "The Maiden". In The Odyssey, when Odysseus goes to the Underworld, he refers to her as the Iron Queen. Her central myth, for all of its emotional familiarity, was also the tacit context of the secret initiatory mystery rites of regeneration at Eleusis, which promised immortality to their awe-struck participants — an immortality in her world beneath the soil, feasting with the heroes beneath her dread gaze (Kerenyi 1960, 1967)." (((Wikipedia)))
I know in the real myth, Persephone's mother, Demeter, was not with her daughter when Hades dragged Perspehone down to the underworld and forced her to be his bride, but this is the image that I have had in my head for a long time. In my view, there is so much more tension to the story if you can see Demeter's reaction as her daughter is literally torn from her.
If you are unfamiliar with the myth, there is a good summary of it here: www.mythicarts.com/writing/Persephone.html
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Oh, hi, Demeter. Persephone? No. No, I haven't seen her. Why do you ask?
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Updating somewhat old news: ordered 8 months ago, my becautiful Dollshe Amanda finally reached me! I am completely excited about her, she is gorgeous. So far only halfassed her wig (my first try ay making wigs, gosh, it's hard!!!) and still didnt find time to do her faceup. But hopefully soon!
....Persephone was the daughter of Demeter and Zeus... In the Olympian telling, the gods Hermes, Ares, Apollo and Hephaestus had all wooed Persephone; but Demeter rejected all their gifts and hid her daughter away from the company of the Olympian deities...
...Persephone was innocently picking flowers in a field in Enna, when Hades came to abduct her, bursting through a cleft in the earth, and carrying her off to the Underworld to be his Queen.
...Life came to a standstill as the devastated Demeter, goddess of the Earth and seasons, searched everywhere for her lost daughter. Helios - the sun - who sees everything, eventually told Demeter what had happened.
Finally, Zeus, pressed by the cries of the hungry people and by the other deities who also heard their anguish, forced Hades to return Persephone. However, it was a rule of the Fates that whoever consumed food or drink in the Underworld was doomed to spend eternity there....
Before Persephone was released to Hermes, who had been sent to retrieve her, Hades tricked her into eating pomegranate seeds, (six, seven, eight, or perhaps four according to the telling), which forced her to return to the underworld for a season each year.
Ascalaphus – son of a river spirit - and who tended the gardens of Hades, informed the other deities that Persephone had eaten the pomegranate seeds. In her anger and grief, Demeter flung water from the River Phlegethon over Ascalaphus, transforming him into an owl...
When Demeter and her daughter were united, the Earth flourished with vegetation and colour, but for some months each year, when Persephone returned to the underworld, the earth once again became a barren realm.
~ Adapted slightly from Wikipedia's article on Persephone
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~ Today the sky is bright, cornflower blue and the promise of Spring is in the air... and I imagine Persephone making her way home to Demeter...
Where I lived – winter and hard earth.
I sat in my cold stone room
choosing tough words, granite, flint,
to break the ice. My broken heart –
I tried that, but it skimmed,
flat, over the frozen lake.
She came from a long, long way,
but I saw her at last, walking,
my daughter, my girl, across the fields,
in bare feet, bringing all spring’s flowers
to her mother’s house. I swear
the air softened and warmed as she moved,
the blue sky smiling, none too soon
with the small shy mouth of a new moon
~ Demeter,
by Carol Ann Duffy
~ For my Mum, who gave me this poem and a most beautiful painting, which inspired this drawing. With all my love.
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And while I drew this, I became completely and hopelessly infatuated with...
Pretty much everything The Weepies have ever sung, but particularly this song...
...and Ian Dudley's whimsical, jewel-coloured dreams of distant seas and bearded deep-sea-divers...
p.s. And this little clip really, really made me smile. I never knew Vulcans were prone to corpsing. ;-)
Marrom lindo da Picture, desejado a tempos!!
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LOG OF THE "DEMETER"
Varna to Whitby
Written 18 July, things so strange happening, that I shall keep accurate note henceforth till we land.
On 6 July we finished taking in cargo, silver sand and boxes of earth. At noon set sail. East wind, fresh. Crew, five hands . . . two mates, cook, and myself, (captain).
On 11 July at dawn entered Bosphorus. Boarded by Turkish Customs officers. Backsheesh. All correct. Under way at 4 p. m.
On 12 July through Dardanelles. More Customs officers and flagboat of guarding squadron. Backsheesh again. Work of officers thorough, but quick. Want us off soon. At dark passed into Archipelago.
On 13 July passed Cape Matapan. Crew dissatisfied about something. Seemed scared, but would not speak out.
On 14 July was somewhat anxious about crew. Men all steady fellows, who sailed with me before. Mate could not make out what was wrong. They only told him there was something, and crossed themselves. Mate lost temper with one of them that day and struck him. Expected fierce quarrel, but all was quiet.
On 16 July mate reported in the morning that one of the crew, Petrofsky, was missing. Could not account for it. Took larboard watch eight bells last night, was relieved by Amramoff, but did not go to bunk. Men more downcast than ever. All said they expected something of the kind, but would not say more than there was SOMETHING aboard. Mate getting very impatient with them. Feared some trouble ahead.
On 17 July, yesterday, one of the men, Olgaren, came to my cabin, and in an awestruck way confided to me that he thought there was a strange man aboard the ship. He said that in his watch he had been sheltering behind the deckhouse, as there was a rain storm, when he saw a tall, thin man, who was not like any of the crew, come up the companionway, and go along the deck forward and disappear. He followed cautiously, but when he got to bows found no one, and the hatchways were all closed. He was in a panic of superstitious fear, and I am afraid the panic may spread. To allay it, I shall today search the entire ship carefully from stem to stern.
Later in the day I got together the whole crew, and told them, as they evidently thought there was some one in the ship, we would search from stem to stern. First mate angry, said it was folly, and to yield to such foolish ideas would demoralise the men, said he would engage to keep them out of trouble with the handspike. I let him take the helm, while the rest began a thorough search, all keeping abreast, with lanterns. We left no corner unsearched. As there were only the big wooden boxes, there were no odd corners where a man could hide. Men much relieved when search over, and went back to work cheerfully. First mate scowled, but said nothing.
22 July.--Rough weather last three days, and all hands busy with sails, no time to be frightened. Men seem to have forgotten their dread. Mate cheerful again, and all on good terms. Praised men for work in bad weather. Passed Gibraltar and out through Straits. All well.
24 July.--There seems some doom over this ship. Already a hand short, and entering the Bay of Biscay with wild weather ahead, and yet last night another man lost, disappeared. Like the first, he came off his watch and was not seen again. Men all in a panic of fear, sent a round robin, asking to have double watch, as they fear to be alone. Mate angry. Fear there will be some trouble, as either he or the men will do some violence.
28 July.--Four days in hell, knocking about in a sort of malestrom, and the wind a tempest. No sleep for any one. Men all worn out. Hardly know how to set a watch, since no one fit to go on. Second mate volunteered to steer and watch, and let men snatch a few hours sleep. Wind abating, seas still terrific, but feel them less, as ship is steadier.
29 July.--Another tragedy. Had single watch tonight, as crew too tired to double. When morning watch came on deck could find no one except steersman. Raised outcry, and all came on deck. Thorough search, but no one found. Are now without second mate, and crew in a panic. Mate and I agreed to go armed henceforth and wait for any sign of cause.
30 July.--Last night. Rejoiced we are nearing England. Weather fine, all sails set. Retired worn out, slept soundly, awakened by mate telling me that both man of watch and steersman missing. Only self and mate and two hands left to work ship.
1 August.--Two days of fog, and not a sail sighted. Had hoped when in the English Channel to be able to signal for help or get in somewhere. Not having power to work sails, have to run before wind. Dare not lower, as could not raise them again. We seem to be drifting to some terrible doom. Mate now more demoralised than either of men. His stronger nature seems to have worked inwardly against himself. Men are beyond fear, working stolidly and patiently, with minds made up to worst. They are Russian, he Roumanian.
2 August, midnight.--Woke up from few minutes sleep by hearing a cry, seemingly outside my port. Could see nothing in fog. Rushed on deck, and ran against mate. Tells me he heard cry and ran, but no sign of man on watch. One more gone. Lord, help us! Mate says we must be past Straits of Dover, as in a moment of fog lifting he saw North Foreland, just as he heard the man cry out. If so we are now off in the North Sea, and only God can guide us in the fog, which seems to move with us, and God seems to have deserted us.
3 August.--At midnight I went to relieve the man at the wheel and when I got to it found no one there. The wind was steady, and as we ran before it there was no yawing. I dared not leave it, so shouted for the mate. After a few seconds, he rushed up on deck in his flannels. He looked wild-eyed and haggard, and I greatly fear his reason has given way. He came close to me and whispered hoarsely, with his mouth to my ear, as though fearing the very air might hear. "It is here. I know it now. On the watch last night I saw It, like a man, tall and thin, and ghastly pale. It was in the bows, and looking out. I crept behind It, and gave it my knife, but the knife went through It, empty as the air." And as he spoke he took the knife and drove it savagely into space. Then he went on, "But It is here, and I'll find It. It is in the hold, perhaps in one of those boxes. I'll unscrew them one by one and see. You work the helm." And with a warning look and his finger on his lip, he went below. There was springing up a choppy wind, and I could not leave the helm. I saw him come out on deck again with a tool chest and lantern, and go down the forward hatchway. He is mad, stark, raving mad, and it's no use my trying to stop him. He can't hurt those big boxes, they are invoiced as clay, and to pull them about is as harmless a thing as he can do. So here I stay and mind the helm, and write these notes. I can only trust in God and wait till the fog clears. Then, if I can't steer to any harbour with the wind that is, I shall cut down sails, and lie by, and signal for help . . .
It is nearly all over now. Just as I was beginning to hope that the mate would come out calmer, for I heard him knocking away at something in the hold, and work is good for him, there came up the hatchway a sudden, startled scream, which made my blood run cold, and up on the deck he came as if shot from a gun, a raging madman, with his eyes rolling and his face convulsed with fear. "Save me! Save me!" he cried, and then looked round on the blanket of fog. His horror turned to despair, and in a steady voice he said,"You had better come too, captain, before it is too late. He is there! I know the secret now. The sea will save me from Him, and it is all that is left!" Before I could say a word, or move forward to seize him, he sprang on the bulwark and deliberately threw himself into the sea. I suppose I know the secret too, now. It was this madman who had got rid of the men one by one, and now he has followed them himself. God help me! How am I to account for all these horrors when I get to port? When I get to port! Will that ever be?
4 August.--Still fog, which the sunrise cannot pierce, I know there is sunrise because I am a sailor, why else I know not. I dared not go below, I dared not leave the helm, so here all night I stayed, and in the dimness of the night I saw it, Him! God, forgive me, but the mate was right to jump overboard. It was better to die like a man. To die like a sailor in blue water, no man can object. But I am captain, and I must not leave my ship. But I shall baffle this fiend or monster, for I shall tie my hands to the wheel when my strength begins to fail, and along with them I shall tie that which He, It, dare not touch. And then, come good wind or foul, I shall save my soul, and my honour as a captain. I am growing weaker, and the night is coming on. If He can look me in the face again, I may not have time to act . . . If we are wrecked, mayhap this bottle may be found, and those who find it may understand. If not . . . well, then all men shall know that I have been true to my trust. God and the Blessed Virgin and the Saints help a poor ignorant soul trying to do his duty . . .
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Icarus is a character in Greek Mythology. Icarus' father, Daedalus attempted to escape his prison at the hands of King Minos. Daedalus fashioned a pair of wings for himself and his son, made of feathers and wax. Before they took off from the prison, Daedalus warned his son not to fly too close to the sun, as the wax would melt. Overcome by the sublime feeling that flying gave him, Icarus soared through the sky joyfully, but in the process came too close to the sun, which melted his wings. Icarus fell into the sea, the area which bears his name, the Icarian Sea near Icaria, an island southwest of Samos. Latin poets read the myth more philosophically, often linking Icarus analogically to artists.In the fifteenth century Ovid became the source for the myth as it was rediscovered and transformed as a vehicle for heroic audacity and the poet's own aspirations, by Renaissance poets like Jacopo Sannazaro and Ariosto, as well as in Spain.
Hellenistic writers who provided philosophical underpinnings to the myth also preferred more realistic variants, in which the escape from Crete was actually by boat, provided by Pasiphaë, for which Daedalus invented the first sails, to outstrip Minos' pursuing galleys, and that Icarus fell overboard en route for Sicily and was drowned. Heracles erected a tomb for him
This mosaic which was found during the zeugma excavations sin1992 long before Zeugma became a current issue, became the symbol of Zeugma because of the mysterious look she had in her eyes.Wheeeeeeen it could not be identified it got named “Gypsy” because of the women’s resemblance with gypsies. But some sources draw attention to the winein the mosaic and claim that it is GAIA the Goddess of the Earth. Ýn Mythology it is considered that GAIA is the first element allgod’s ancestors have derived from.Although GAIA has a major role in Hesiodos’s Theogonia, it is never seen in Homeros’s poems.According to Heiodos GAIA without a male element gave birth to the sky’Ouranos) and the mountains and also Pantos the personalized element of the sea.After the birth of the sky GAIA coupled with him and therefore all her children became real Gods and were not just simple elements of power first six titans Okeanos,Koios Krios.Hyperion,Ýapetus and Kronos and six ttitanids; Theia, Reia, Themis, Mnemosyne, Phoibe, Tehys were born. All of these are feminene Godlike creatures.The youngest one of this generation is Kronos.Ýt was followed by Kyklops.These were godlike creatures that ruled the thunder, Lightning, thunderbold,There names were; Arges, Steropes and Brontes.And at last from Ouranos’s loves gigentic Hekatogkheirs were born.They were much for violance and hand hundred arms.
The settlement of Eleusis was founded in ca. 2000 B.C. on the slopes of the hill, and during the Mycenaean period it developed into a large fortified settlement, mostly due to its strategic position. During this period the cult of Demeter was introduced, as the worship of a deity connected to nature and the growing of cereals. The continuity of Demeter's cult is attested until Roman times, by the erection of successive temples on the east side of the hill.
In the 8th century B.C. the sanctuary aquired a panhellenic character, and in the time of Solon, the Eleusinian Mysteries were established as one of the most important Athenian festivals. During the tyranny of Peisitratos the sanctuary and the settlement were enclosed with a massive fortification wall reinforced with towers. Splendid buildings were erected during the Classical and Roman periods, but with the spread of Christianity and especially after the invasion of the Ostrogoths, the sanctuary was abandoned.
The most important monuments of the site are:
Sacred Court. It was the gathering place of the pilgrims and marked the end of the Sacred Way, which led to Eleusis from Athens. It contained the "Eschara", a structure dated to the 8th-2nd centuries B.C., with altars for the offerings to the goddesses, and the temple of Artemis Propylaea, dated to the 2nd century A.D.
Greater Propylaea. Doric propylon, a close copy of the central section of the Prolpylaea on the Athenian Acropolis, which were designed by Mnesikles. Dated to the second half of the 2nd century A.D.
Lesser Propylaea. Internal Ionic propylon, dedicated to the goddess by Appius Claudius Pulcher in 54 B.C.
The Telesterion. Large square hall with six entrances, two on each of the three sides, and eight tiers of seats along all of the four sides, where the initiates sat (only their foundations are preserved today). The centre of the hall was occupied by the "megaron", the adyton of the Eleusenian cult, where only the hierophantes (the high priest) was allowed to enter in order to perform the mysteric rites. Several architectural phases are distinguished in the building, dated from the 5th century B.C. until the 2nd century A.D.
Triumphal Arches. They are Roman reproductions of Hadrian's Arch in Athens, built after A.D. 129.
Callichoron Well. According to the Homeric Hymn, here rested Demeter, when she first came to Eleusis. Around this well the Eleusinian women performed dances during the ceremony in honor of the goddess. Dated to the first half of the 5th century B.C.
Ploutoneion. Sacred retaining wall around a cave where, according to tradition, Plouto, the god of the Underwolrd, appeared. A representation of the annual return of Persephone on earth took place here. Dated between the second half of the 6th and the 4th century B.C.
The Mycenaean Megaron. Part of foundations belonging to a rectangular temple with two columns on the longitudinal axis.
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"No hay gota en los mares, ni fruto en los árboles, ni planta en la tierra que no tenga en cada semilla un ángel que cuide de ella".
Las diosas Démeter y Perséfone representaban para los pueblos de la antigüedad los poderes de la naturaleza, su transformación y la emergencia cíclica. En la antigua Grecia, el primer día de la primavera era el día en que Perséfone, prisionera bajo tierra durante seis meses, volvía al regazo de Deméter, su madre. Cuenta Homero que en el sureste de Europa hubo un tiempo en el que reinaba la eterna primavera. La hierba siempre era verde y espesa y las flores nunca marchitaban. No existía el invierno, ni la tierra yerma, ni el hambre.
La artífice de tanta maravilla era Démeter, la cuarta esposa de Zeus. De este matrimonio nació Core, luego llamada Perséfone. Se trataba de una hermosa joven adorada por su madre que solía acercarse a un campo repleto de flores a jugar. Un día, pasó por allí el terrible Hades con su temible carro tirado por caballos. Se encandiló con Perséfone y la raptó para llevarla al subsuelo, su territorio. Deméter , al no encontrar a su hija y con una antorcha en cada mano, emprendió una peregrinación de nueve días y nueve noches. Al décimo día el Sol, que todo lo ve, se atrevió a confesarle quién se había llevado a su hija. Irritada por la ofensa, Démeter decidió abandonar sus funciones y el Olimpo. Vivió y viajó por la tierra. Esta se quedó desolada y sin ningún fruto ya que, privada de su mano fecunda, se seca y las plantas no crecen. Ante este desastre Zeus se vio obligado a intervenir pero no pudo devolverle la hija a su madre. Es que Perséfone ya había probado el fruto de los infiernos (la granada) y por eso le era imposible abandonar las profundidades y regresar al mundo de los vivos. Sin embargo, se pudo llegar a un acuerdo: una parte del año Perséfone lo pasaría con su esposo y, la otra parte, con su madre. Por ello cuando Perséfone regresa con su madre, Démeter muestra su alegría haciendo reverdecer la tierra, con flores y frutos. Por el contrario, cuando la joven desciende al subterráneo, el descontento de su madre se demuestra en la tristeza del otoño y el invierno.
Así se renueva anualmente el ciclo de las estaciones y así explicaban los griegos la sucesión de ellas: el otoño y el invierno son tristes y oscuros como el corazón de Deméter al estar separada de su hija. La alegría y la serenidad retornan cuando vuelve con ella, es decir, cuando comienza la primavera.
Por cierto, he hecho un Making Of (el primero, qué ilusión :D) y aquí mismo os dejo el enlace para que veáis cómo se hizo: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DURK_RgioQ&list=UUW4xmorTfIK...
¡Por cierto! También os voy a dejar mi Twitter para que no os perdáis ni una :)
Demeter Leader Mystic River, Boston [4.12.16 (morning, just in)]
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Estatua de Deméter del tipo "Madrid-Capitolio", en el Museo del Prado (Madrid, España). Copia romana, esculpida en mármol a comienzos del siglo III d.C., de una original griega realizada para el santuario de Eleusis hacia 425-420 adC. La cabeza y los brazos son añadidos barrocos.
Statue of Demeter of the "Madrid-Capitol" type, at the Prado Museum (Madrid, Spain). Roman copy, sculpted in marble in the early 3rd century CE, of a Greek original made for the Eleusis sanctuary circa 425-420 BC. Head and arms are Baroque additions.
Estátua em Bronze do Deus Ares,achada nas escavações em Zeugma
Uma das 12 grandes divindades do panteão helênico, Ares, deus da guerra, não era muito apreciado pelos gregos, que davam prioridade aos valores do espírito e à sabedoria. Ares era filho de Zeus, deus supremo grego, e de Hera. Sua figura representava o espírito violento e combativo, que só encontra prazer nas batalhas. Embora dotado de força extraordinária, era continuamente enganado por outros deuses que, como Atena - personificação da sabedoria -, sabiam tirar proveito de sua pouca inteligência. Ares era representado com couraça, capacete, lança e escudo. No combate, sua presença era anunciada com ferozes gritos de guerra que provocavam pânico. Lutava a pé ou num carro puxado por cavalos, às vezes em companhia dos filhos que teve com Afrodite: Deimos (o Medo) e Fobos (o Terror), e outras vezes com sua irmã Éris (a Discórdia). Segundo a mitologia, foi vencido em várias ocasiões. Os Aloídas o derrotaram e encerraram numa urna de bronze durante 13 meses. Segundo se narra no canto V da Ilíada, o herói Diomedes, ajudado pela astuta Atena, conseguiu ferir Ares, que se refugiou no Olimpo. Ares manteve constantes aventuras amorosas com mulheres mortais, de que resultaram seus filhos Alcipe, Ascálafo e Flégias, entre outros. Seus amores com Afrodite foram descobertos pelo marido desta, Hefesto, que envolveu astutamente os amantes numa rede para levá-los ante o soberano juízo dos deuses e assim demonstrar a traição. Em Roma, com o nome de Marte, recebeu maior veneração que entre os gregos, sobretudo por parte das legiões romanas.
this is the sixth photo in a series based on the greek story of Demeter and Persephone (obv xD )
Demeter- Brianna
Persephone- Stephanie
Persephone: from Greek Mythology: Daughter of Zeus and Demeter. The Goddess Persephone symbolizes the return of spring. Where she walked, flowers bloomed.
The Myth: Persephone was carried of by Hades and made queen of the underworld. Demeter, her mother, sought for her in vain, and refused to let the earth produce it's fruits until her daughter was restored to her. But, because Persephone hasd eaten some pomegranate seeds in the underworld, she was obliged to spend part of every year there. Her story symbolizes the return of spring and the life and growth of grain. Roman name: Proserpina.
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[ She walked into our garden early one evening and she was so quiet and gentle, we asked her to stay. ]
Goddess
Fragrance
Holy grass
Maia takes care
Demeter
Sommer umduftet mich
Gewärmt strömt mein Herz
In das nahe Feld
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