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The relief is made of Pentelic marble, and it is 2,20 m. tall, 1,52 m. wide, and 15 cm thick. [4] It depicts the three most important figures of the Eleusianian Mysteries; the goddess of agriculture and abundance Demeter, her daughter Persephone queen of the Underworld and the Eleusinian hero Triptolemus, the son of Queen Metanira, [3] [4] in what appears to be a rite. [1]
Triptolemus and Persephone, tondo of a red-figure Attic cup. Instead, Demeter gifted Triptolemus a chariot drawn by winged dragons or serpents [13] and wheat, representative of the gift of agriculture. [12] Demeter taught Triptolemus the art of agriculture and shared with him how to conduct her rites and taught him her mysteries. [14]
Fragment of a Hellenistic relief (1st century BC–1st century AD) depicting the twelve Olympians carrying their attributes in procession; from left to right: Hestia (scepter), Hermes (winged cap and staff), Aphrodite (veiled), Ares (helmet and spear), Demeter (scepter and wheat sheaf), Hephaestus (staff), Hera (scepter), Poseidon (trident), Athena (owl and helmet), Zeus (thunderbolt and staff ...
Date and time of data generation: 00:00, 29 July 1996: User comments: Reliéf zobrauzjící Triptolema na dračím voze, kolem něho Démétér a prosebníci.
Forestalled in making Demophon immortal, Demeter chose to teach Triptolemus (Demophon's elder brother) the art of agriculture; from him the rest of Greece learned to plant and reap crops. He flew across the land on a dragon -drawn chariot while Demeter and Persephone cared for him and helped him complete his mission of educating the whole of ...
Sam McDonald (1762 – 6 May 1802), called "Big Sam", was a Scotsman of unusual height for his day who had a distinguished military career and was a noted "strongman". Most sources state his height as 6 feet 10 inches (2.08 m), [207] with a burly build, although one 1822 source claims 10 feet 4 inches (3.15 m). [208] 1762–1802 (40?) Mildred ...
He was also the oldest of all the figures mentioned in the Bible. [3] Methuselah is mentioned once in the Hebrew Bible outside of Genesis, in 1 Chronicles 1:3. [4] Methuselah is mentioned a single time in the New Testament, when the Gospel of Luke traces Jesus' lineage back to Adam in Luke 3. [8] [4]
The Tall Brothers (also known as the Four Tall Brothers) were four brothers among the Egyptian monks of Nitria in the fifth century by the names of Ammonius, Dioscorus, Eusebius, and Euthymius. [1] They were referred to as the "Tall Brothers" because they were tall in stature and commanding in appearance.