Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore [Persephone], Eleusis, Greece, Telesterium (Great Hall of the Mysteries) in the center, 5th century BCE, reconstruction.
Title
Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore [Persephone] , Eleusis , Greece , Telesterium (Great Hall of the Mysteries) in the center , 5th century BCE , reconstruction .
Date
5th century BCE
Cultural Context
Aegean Ancient Greek Greek European Western European
Style/Period
Greek (ancient)
Subject
Cults Roofs Windows Smoke Ventilation Gates Towers Battlements Conjectural works Reconstructions Aerial views
Description
“The sanctuary of the goddess Demeter and her daughter Kore at Eleusis , as it might have appeared in the fifth century BC . The Telesterium , the Great Hall of the Mysteries , is in the centre [center] . The procession entered by the gate at the top of the picture.” (caption , p.59)
Location Depicted
Eleusis (Greece) Eleusina (Greece) Eleusi (Greece) Greece
Technique
Drawing (image-making) Architectural drawing (process) Illustration (process)
Work Type
Architecture Sanctuaries (Ancient Roman and Greek) Reconstructions
Source
Connolly, Peter, and Hazel Dodge. The Ancient City: Life in Classical Athens & Rome. Oxford; New York: Oxford UP, 1998. (p.59 top)
Rights
Photo/illustration credit/reproduced in Connolly courtesy: the author, Peter Connolly.
Digital Publisher
University of Louisville Department of Fine Arts/Allen R. Hite Art Institute Visual Resources Center
Format
image/jpeg
Digital File Name
VRC 677-52.jpg
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