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[Agora Image] 2012.55.1244 (81-438)

Relief: dedication to the Thesmophoroi. Detail of Persephone ... AMS Horizontal (normal) ... Detail of Persephone.

[Agora Coin] N 22970

Siculo-Punic Coinage ... Sicilian mint. Heavily damaged. Coin no. 57. Dump. Head of Persephone l. Horse standing r., before palm tree. 299 ... Ca. 310-270 B.C ... Head of Persephone l.

[Agora Coin] N 67409

Siculo-Punic Coinage ... Sicilian mint. Cf. SNG Cop. (Zeugitania: Carthage), nos. 109-119. Head of Persephone l. Horse stg. r., before palm tree ... Ca. 310-270 B.C ... Head of Persephone l.

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[Agora Coin] N 51007

Siculo-Punic Coinage ... Sardinian mint. Casts Head of Persephone l. Horse head r.; at r., o. C 106, 84-3-7, 91-2-19 ... Early-mid-3rd c. B.C ... Head of Persephone l.

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[Agora Object] P 31058: Moldmade Bowl Fragment

Wall fragment. Hades driving his chariot to left, with Persephone in his arms. Floral tendril at right. Trace of guilloche of rim above. Shiny black glaze. South chamber, upper fill. 1907 80-11-27, 80-11-28 ... 20 July-1 August 1931 ... Hades driving his chariot to left, with Persephone in his arms.

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[Agora Coin] N 16191

Siculo-Punic Coinage, Forgery ... Forgery: the metal has a pitted, cast look, and the weight is less than half of what it should be. Found in the cellar of a modern house. Coin no. 1. Casts stored in Lab Case No. 52D Cellar of house 632β/3 ... 4th c. B.C ... Head of Persephone-Tanit; around, three dolphins.

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[Agora Object] S 3308: Votive Relief Fragment

Broken all around. Rough-picked back preserved. Surface weathered and chipped. Corrosion on front surface. Female figure, maybe Persephone, broken below neck and above knees, wears chiton and himation ... 12 July 1978 ... Female figure, maybe Persephone, broken below neck and above knees, wears chiton and himation.

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 885

Preserved except for foot and handle, which are restored in plaster and painted. Rest. H. 0.081; diam. 0.053. Head and shoulders of a woman (Aphrodite[?], Persephone[?]) to left, rising from the ground(?) ... Ca. 430 B.C ... Head and shoulders of a woman (Aphrodite[?], Persephone[?]) to left, rising from the ground(?).

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[Agora Object] S 3181: Votive Relief Fragment

Broken on right bottom, and left sides. Back rough-picked. Remains of molding preserved along top. Preserved is the proper right side of a female torso holding a long, thin object vertically in her right ... 14 August 1978 ... Preserved is the proper right side of a female torso holding a long, thin object vertically in her right hand, perhaps Persephone with a torch.

[Agora Coin] N 16443

Athens ... Chronology uncertain. Cf. Agora XXVI, p. 329, Table VI. Coin no. 6. Cistern. Head of Kore r., wearing wheat wreath; border of dots. Α/Θ-Ε Iakchos standing r., holding a torch tied with fillet; at r., plemochoe; ... 84 B.C ... Coins | By Subject | Gods | Kore (Persephone)

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 73

Shoulder fragment with start of return. Dull, grainy black glaze on inside. Max. dim. 0.106. Woman (part of right arm and torso), probably Demeter or Persephone, standing frontally, wearing a peplos over ... Ca. 460-450 B.C ... Woman (part of right arm and torso), probably Demeter or Persephone, standing frontally, wearing a peplos over a chiton.

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[Agora Coin] N 18901

Athens ... Coin no. 25. Head of Kore(?) r. AθE above. Piglet standing r. 789 85-19-30 ... Ca. 140-90 B.C ... Coins | By Subject | Gods | Kore (Persephone)

[Agora Coin] N 17867

Elaia ... Coin no. 117. Dump. Head of Kore or Demeter, wearing wheat wreath. E-λA|IT-ωN Torch. All in wheat wreath. 447 ... Ca. 133 B.C. - 1st c. A.D ... Coins | By Subject | Gods | Kore (Persephone)

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[Agora Image] 2008.01.0092

A votive relief depicting Demeter, her daughter Persephone, Eubouleus with the baby Ploutos, and worshippers. Demeter, the goddess of agriculture was one of the most important deities worshipped in the ... Craig Mauzy ... Horizontal (normal) ... 30 Jul 2005 ... A votive relief depicting Demeter, her daughter Persephone, Eubouleus with the baby Ploutos, and worshippers.

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[Agora Object] S 689: Relief Fragment

The upper part of a small relief, broken away below. Part of the left edge preserved, close to right edge also. The heads of two women are facing. The one at the left wears a polos and holds a staff in ... 24 March 1936 ... The one at the right has her hair tied on top, and holds a torch: Demeter and Persephone Hymettian marble.

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[Agora Object] T 4067: Mold Fragment for Standing Draped Figurine

Upper part missing; bottom and two sides of lower part preserved. Mold for draped figure, standing with left leg slightly bent at knee; only lower part of figure preserved. Mold roughly smoothed on exterior ... 6 August 1973 ... ADDENDA RVN: Perhaps Persephone with overfold of peplos filled with flowers.

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[Agora Coin] N 2581

Boiotian League ... Boeotia (Thebes?) Coin no. 9. Casts stored in Lab Case no. 52A. Late red fill in front of wall. Head of Demeter or Kore, three-quarters facing r., wearing wheat wreath. [Β]ΟΙΩΤΩ[Ν] behind Poseidon standing ... Later 3rd (or early 2nd?) c. B.C ... Coins | By Subject | Gods | Kore (Persephone)

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[Agora Coin] N 16439

Boiotian League ... Overstruck on Herakles head / Horseman bronze of Antigonos Gonatas (cf. Agora XXVI, no. 509). Traces of undertypes. Coin no. 42. Casts stored in Lab Case No. 52C Head of Demeter or Kore, three-quarters ... Later 3rd (or early 2nd?) c. B.C ... Coins | By Subject | Gods | Kore (Persephone)

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[Agora Coin] N 16444

Boiotian League ... Overstruck on Herakles head / Horseman bronze of Antigonos Gonatas. Traces of undertypes. Coin no. 5. Casts stored in Lab Case No. 52C Terrace west of church, house A, destruction fill. Head of Demeter ... Later 3rd (or early 2nd?) c. B.C ... Coins | By Subject | Gods | Kore (Persephone)

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[Agora Coin] N 16985

Athens ... Coin no. 1. Casts stored in Lab Case No. 52D East of temple, cleaning around roman drain. Draped bust of Demeter or Kore r., wearing necklace; border of dots. ΑΘΗ Piglet standing r. Border of dots. 395 ... Ca. 120's - 175 A.D ... Coins | By Subject | Gods | Kore (Persephone)

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 764

Wall fragment. Glaze fired brownish. Max. dim. 0.068. Choes and Anthesteria, p. 91, cat. no. 232, fig. 44; Metzger, Recherches, p. 59, cat. no. 14; LIMC III, 1986, p. 468, no. 527, pl. 360, s.v. Dionysos; ... Early 4th century B.C ... At the left stands Persephone (head, part of torso), wearing a himation and holding a torch. ... For the identification of the woman as Persephone, see Metzger, Recherches, pp. 65--66 and for Dionysos among the Eleusinian deities, LIMC III, 1986, p. 510, s.v.

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[Agora Object] L 4274: Lamp Fragment

About two-thirds of the disk and rim preserved, mended from several pieces; with the handle, from a large lamp. Panelled rim with dotted running spiral between bands. Discus: two divinities in front of ... 2 July 1947 ... Pluto-Serapis and Persephone-Isis. Fine pink clay with buff surfaces.

[Agora Object] P 28545: Moldmade Bowl

Over half preserved; mended from several pieces. Medallion: small rosette surrounded by two rows of small pointed leaves and scraped groove with miltos; from this spring a row of small pointed leaves ... 30 April 1971 ... Middle zone: Hermes leading a quadriga bearing two figures (Rape of Persephone) towards a stele with a pediment inscribed ευσεβων ( following the chariot one or two figures missing, then an armed Athena, female with two torches (Hecate?)

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 23, s. 377, p. 361

Human foreparts. Hunter. Iolaos. Iris. Pantheress. Funeral Games for Patroklos. Javelin thrower. Judge. Pegasos. Judgment of Paris. Jumper. Funeral Games for Pelias. Peleus: seizing Thetis. Kerberos. Chorus ... Agora 23 361 ... Persephone

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 390

Wall fragment with start of rim. Narrow reserved line on inside. Glaze misfired a little on outside. Max. dim. 0.097. P. E. Corbett, Hesperia 18, 1949, pl. 80:4; Schwarz, Triptolemos, p. 51, cat. no. V ... Late 5th century B.C ... The manner in which the olive leaves on the rim meet indicates this is the center of this side; thus, Triptolemos was probably flanked by Demeter and Persephone. Close to the Talos Painter, if not by him.

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 1306

Two non-joining fragments of slightly outturned rim and wall. Max. dim. a) 0.081, b) 0.047. Triptolemos. Fragment a (illustrated) shows on the left either Demeter or Persephone (legs missing from the ... Probably mid-4th century B.C ... Fragment a (illustrated) shows on the left either Demeter or Persephone (legs missing from the knees down) to right, holding two torches.

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 3, s. 265, p. 255

Odeion. Parmenides. Parrhasios. Parsley. Parthenon. Odyssey. Patrokleides. Oedipus. Pausanias. Offices, public. Oikema (prison etc.). Peace. Oineus. Oinoe, battle-painting. Pegasos of Eleutherai. Olbiades ... Agora 3 255 ... Persephone

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 31, s. 19, p. xix

Voza, G. 1985. L'attivita della Soprintendenza alle Antichità di Siracusa nel quadriennio 1980-1984, Kokalos 30-31 [1984-1985], pp. 657-678. Walker, S., and A. Cameron, eds. 1989. The Greek Renaissance ... Agora 31 xix ... The Extramural Sanctuary of Demeter and Persephone at Cyrene, Libya, I: Background and Introduction to the Excavations [University Museum Monograph 52], Philadelphia ... The Extramural Sanctuary of Demeter and Persephone at Cyrene, Libya, V: The Site's Architecture, It's First Six Hundred Years of Development [University Monograph 76], Philadelphia ... Zuntz, G., Persephone: Three Essays on Religion and Thought in Magna Graecia, Oxford

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 11, s. 203, p. 184

Peleus and Thetis. Repairs to sculpture in antiquity. Peplos in archaistic sculpture. Perirrhanteria in the form of archaistic korai. Retrograde inscriptions. Persephone. Re-use of sculpture in antiquity ... Agora 11 184 ... Persephone

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 31, s. 15, p. xv

Larson, J. 1995. Greek Heroine Cults, Madison. Laubscher, H. 1966. Skulpturen aus Tralles, IstMitt 16, pp. 115-129. Lauenstein, D. 1987. Die Mysterien von Eleusis, Stuttgart. Lauter, H. 1985. Der Kultplatz ... Agora 31 xv ... Die Giebelgruppe von Eleusis mit dem Raub der Persephone, JdI 97, pp. 303-400 ... Der Raub der Persephone in der antiken Kunst [Beiträge zur Archäologie 16, Würzburg

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 603

Mended from many fragments, with missing pieces restored in plaster and painted, notable among them the left horizontal handle and part of the wall below it. Glaze fired greenish around left handle; abraded ... Ca. 430 B.C ... E 719 (ARV2 1560, ---); Naples inv. 126055 by the Persephone Painter (ARV2 1013, 13); Petit Palais 318 by the Barclay Painter (ARV2 1068, 20); Newton, Walston, akin to the Clio Painter (ARV2 1083, 1); Berlin 2393 by the Cassel Painter (ARV2 1085, 33); Athens, Vlasto by the Kleophon Painter (ARV2 1147, 60; Matheson, p. 419, cat. no.

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 29.1, s. 21, p. xxi

Cook, J.M. 1965. Old Smyrna: Fourth-Century Black Glaze, BSA 60, pp. 143-153. Cook, R.M. 1960. Greek Painted Pottery, London. Corbett, P.E. 1949. Attic Pottery of the Later Fifth Century from the Athenian ... Agora 29 xxi ... Kenrick, Part III: Hellenistic and Roman Fine Wares, in the Extramural Sanctuary of Demeter and Persephone at Cyrene, Libya: Final Reports III (University Museum Monographs 66), D.

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 31, s. 16, p. xvi

Mitchel, F. 1970. Lykourgan Athens: 338-322 (Louise Taft Semple Lecture, 1968), University of Cincinatti. Mitropoulou, E. 1975. Kneeling Worshippers in Greek and Oriental Literature and Art, Athens. Mitropoulou, ... Agora 31 xvi ... Demeter und Persephone in der attischen Kunst des 6. bis 4.

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 14, s. 277, p. 252

The Athenian Agora; Volume 014; The Agora of Athens; The History; Index; General; Oropos. The Athenian Agora; Volume 014; The Agora of Athens; The History; Index; General; Peisistratos. The Athenian Agora; ... Agora 14 252 ... The Athenian Agora; Volume 014; The Agora of Athens; The History; Index; General; Persephone