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    The votive relief to Isis-Demeter is a Hellenistic marble sculpture discovered in the archaeological site of Dion in Macedonia, Greece. Made during the...
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    Melos Diadumenos Votive relief to Isis-Demeter, Dion Kaltsas 2007, pp. 310–311. "Μεγάλο Ελευσινιακό ανάγλυφο" [Great Eleusinian Relief]. odysseus.culture...
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    romanized: Kórē, lit. 'the maiden') or Cora, is the daughter of Zeus and Demeter. She became the queen of the underworld after her abduction by her uncle...
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    symbols. In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Demeter (/dɪˈmiːtər/; Attic: Δημήτηρ Dēmḗtēr [dɛːmɛ́ːtɛːr]; Doric: Δαμάτηρ Dāmā́tēr) is the Olympian goddess...
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    Isis was a major goddess in ancient Egyptian religion whose worship spread throughout the Greco-Roman world. Isis was first mentioned in the Old Kingdom...
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    ancient baths. The votive statues of Isis and Aphrodite Hypolympidia, were unearthed from the Sanctuary of Isis. The heads of Demeter were also found in...
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    Caryatids of Eleusis (category Sculptures of Demeter)
    four columns with reliefs taken from Salonica. Aegina Treasure, Minoan gold hoard taken from Aegina. Votive relief to Isis-Demeter, Dion "Caryatid". fitzmuseum...
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    before Zeus–Serapis–Ohrmazd (Bactria, 3rd century AD) Votive relief to Isis-Demeter from Dion, Hellenistic period. Aion (deity) Mystery religions Honji...
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    Dionysus (category Articles containing Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text)
    [p. 149]. There are two reliefs in a marble votive relief of the fourth century BC. One depicts Kore crowning her mother Demeter, the deities at the second...
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    Mildred Franklin, The Lupercalia, Columbia University, 1921, p67 "Marble votive relief of Hecate by Crannon, 400BCE". The British Museum. "page 21 (image of...
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    Leto (category Articles containing Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text)
    Tityos. Leto seated, relief from Brauron. Ancient Greece portal Myths portal Religion portal Alcmene Maia Latona Fountain Isis The ambiguity here lies...
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    Ancient Greek religion (category Articles containing Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text)
    recognized the twelve major Olympian gods and goddesses—Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Demeter, Athena, Ares, Aphrodite, Apollo, Artemis, Hephaestus, Hermes, and either...
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    Artemis (category Articles containing Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text)
    with childbirth. According to Herodotus, Greek playwright Aeschylus identified Artemis with Persephone as a daughter of Demeter. Her worshipers in Arcadia...
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    Aphrodite (category Articles containing Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text)
    the Athenian Acropolis was decorated with relief sculptures of doves with knotted fillets in their beaks. Votive offerings of small, white, marble doves...
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    Hera (category Articles containing Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text)
    and the sibling of Hestia, Demeter, Hades, Poseidon, and Zeus. Cronus was fated to be overthrown by one of his children; to prevent this, he swallowed...
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    Helios (category Consorts of Demeter)
    Animal Food 2.7 Allaire Brumfield, Cakes in the Liknon: Votives from the Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore on Acrocorinth, Hesperia: The Journal of the American...
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    Iris (mythology) (category Articles containing Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text)
    Zeus then sent Iris to Demeter, calling her to join the other gods and lift her curse; but as her daughter was not returned, Demeter was not persuaded....
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    Selene (category Articles containing Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text)
    Julius Pollux 6.76 Allaire Brumfield, Cakes in the Liknon: Votives from the Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore on Acrocorinth, Hesperia: The Journal of the American...
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    Hemera (category Articles containing Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text)
    romanized: Hēmérā, lit. 'Day' [hɛːméraː]) was the personification of day. According to Hesiod, she was the daughter of Erebus (Darkness) and Nyx (Night), and the...
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    Aceso (category Articles containing Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text)
    itself. Her male counterpart was Acesis (Akesis). In Greek sculptural reliefs, Aceso appears alongside her father Asclepius and sisters Hygeia, Panacea...
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