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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]
[1] [2] Triptolemus is credited with being the first to sow seed for cultivation [3] after being taught by Demeter and is credited for the use of oxen and the plough. [4] Xenophon claims that Peloponnesus was the first place Triptolemus shared Demeter's agricultural gift [ 5 ] while Pausanias claims the Rharium plane near Eleusis was the first ...
The Anakites (Hebrew Anakim) are described in the Hebrew Bible as giants. Little is known of his genealogy except that Joshua 15:13 describes him as the father of Anak, while the following verse refers to Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai as "sons of Anak." According to Joshua, Caleb drove these three out of his portion of the land of Canaan.
In mythology, Triptolemus was the first human to receive the gifts of farming and initiation into the Eleusinian Mysteries from Demeter. He then rode around the world in a winged chariot, informing all people of these gifts. [36] Pausanias states that there was a statue of Triptolemus inside the temple.
MS. Kennicott 3, created in 1299. Shows the beginning of Numbers with its first word illustrated with calligraphy: וידבר Way-ḏabbêr, "And He spoke…" Most commentators divide Numbers into three sections based on locale (Mount Sinai, Kadesh-Barnea and the plains of Moab), linked by two travel sections; [7] an alternative is to see it as structured around the two generations of ...
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Abraham weighs out 400 shekels of silver (about 4.4 kg, or 141 troy oz) in order to buy land for a cemetery at Machpelah. (1728 illustration, based on Genesis 23) The Babylonian system, which the Israelites followed, measured weight with units of the talent, mina, shekel (Hebrew: שקל), and giru, related to one another as follows: 1 shekel ...
See also References L Laadah Laadah is one of the sons of Shelah, son of Judah (son of Jacob) in 1 Chronicles 4:21. Laadan See Libni Ladan See Libni Lael Lael (Hebrew לָאֵל "belonging to God") was a member of the house of Gershon according to Numbers 3:24. He was the father of Eliasaph. Neither of these is named in the Gershonite list in 1 Chronicles 23:7–11. Lahmi Lahmi, according to 1 ...