
Demeter and Persephone in Ancient Corinth
American School of Classical Studies at Athens (Publisher)
Published on 21. November 1987
Book
Paperback/Softback
32 pages
978-0-87661-671-0 (ISBN)
Description
When the Roman tourist Pausanias visited Corinth around A.D. 160, he saw many shrines and buildings high up to the south of the city, on the slopes of Acrocorinth. This booklet describes excavations at one of these, the Sanctuary of Demeter and Persephone (Kore). The details of religious rites revealed are of particular interest since the cult of the two goddesses, also celebrated at Eleusis, is one of the most mysterious in antiquity, and no literary testimony exists to explain what may have happened behind the high walls. Terracotta dolls, ritual meals of pork, and miniature models of food-filled platters hint at a vigorous religious tradition associated with human and agricultural fertility.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Princeton
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
b/w figs.
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 2 mm
Weight
62 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-87661-671-0 (9780876616710)
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