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title: Eleusinian votive relief
author: Carole Raddato
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/3511/eleusinian-votive-relief/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Eleusinian votive relief
_Authored by Carole Raddato_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/3511.jpg)
## Image Caption
This is the largest and most important votive relief found at [Eleusis](https://www.worldhistory.org/Eleusis/). It represents the Eleusinian deities in a scene of mysterious rituel. On the left [Demeter](https://www.worldhistory.org/demeter/), clad in a peplos and holding a scepter in her left hand, offers ears of wheat to Triptolemos, son of Eleusinian king Keleos, to bestow on mankind. On the right [Persephone](https://www.worldhistory.org/persephone/), clad in a chiton and mantle and holding a torch, blesses Triptolemos with her right hand. This relief, dating to c. 440-430 BCE, was apparently famous in antiquity and was copied in the [Roman](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Roman/) period. (Archaeological Museum of [Athens](https://www.worldhistory.org/Athens/), [Greece](https://www.worldhistory.org/greece/))
## Cite This Work
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