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The Ophidian Iconography Quest (Mundus Vetus & Mundus Novus, 2004 - present) |
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| Figure EUR-gre-020. Triptolemos, protégé of goddess Demeter (standing beside), sitting on a wheeled throne flanked by two coiling serpents (only one is visible) and holding grain ears (missing?) in his raised left hand. |
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Artist/Workshop: | Historical/Art Period, Date: |
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| Marble | High relief (Demeter and Per- sephone Sending Triptolemos on his Mission to Bring Corn to the World, votive (?) panel, carved decoration, fragment, detail) |
Unknown | Middle Classical, 400s BC (?) |
Eleusis, West Attica, Central Greece |
Archaeological Muse-um, Eleusis, Invento-ry № ? |
| Source-Image(s): The image(s) is/are from Alexei Alexeev's personal photo archive (The First Greek Expedition, 30 April - 22 May 2009). All artefacts will be available for viewing in the Compendium's respective volumes after the completion of the fully integrated iconographic database. Some of the artefacts will be represented by several figures (offering a general view and details). |
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