Marble fragment of the Great Eleusinian Relief ca. 27 – 14 Roman copy of Greek original. Early Imperial, Augustan ca. 27 – 14 Demeter, the goddess of agricultural abundance, stands at the left, At the right is Persephone, her daughter and the wife of Hades. Each goddess extends her right hand toward a nude youth thought to be Triptolemos, who was sent by Demeter to teach men how to cultivate grain

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Marble fragment of the Great Eleusinian Relief ca. 27 – 14 Roman copy of Greek original. Early Imperial, Augustan ca. 27 – 14 Demeter, the goddess of agricultural abundance, stands at the left, At the right is Persephone, her daughter and the wife of Hades. Each goddess extends her right hand toward a nude youth thought to be Triptolemos, who was sent by Demeter to teach men how to cultivate grain

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