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PLATE XLVI.
STATUE OF CERES.
Small statue of Demeter or Ceres, Daduchus(1) or Dado-
phorus,(2) walking with her head slightly inclined to the left.
The goddess is represented walking over the earth, in search
for her lost daughter Persephone, or Proserpine. Her hair is
divided over her forehead, and falls in long locks upon her
shoulders. She wears the talaric chiton, girdled up with a
zone at her waist, and falling in a fold, or diploidion. A portion
of her veil is gathered up as a veil or hood (xa^v^a or Kcthvwrgov),
over the back of her head. On her feet are rather thick
sandals(3) Qcgnnthi). The goddess rests on her right leg, and
is slowly raising her left from the ground. The edge of her
veil is slightly raised with her right hand, while her left holds
a long torch, symbolical of her nocturnal journey to discover
her lost daughter. Her features resemble those of a Hera or
Juno, with the same maternal character, but softer expression,
and her eyes are not so widely opened, perhaps to indicate
her grief.
The worship of Demeter, introduced by the Thracian bards
and seers into Athens, became particularly popular in Attica;
while her connection with Eleusis, and the gift of corn to
1 Pollux, Onomasticon, I. i. 31.
2 Bacchylides in Scliol. Apoll. Rhod. iii. 467. Cf. Ruhn. ad Homer. Hymn, ad Cer.
v. 24.
3 The sandals of Megajra, when she trod the regions of Orcus, were "ferrati,"
shod or nailed with iron.—Claudian, Rapt. Proserp. iii. 390.
STATUE OF CERES.
Small statue of Demeter or Ceres, Daduchus(1) or Dado-
phorus,(2) walking with her head slightly inclined to the left.
The goddess is represented walking over the earth, in search
for her lost daughter Persephone, or Proserpine. Her hair is
divided over her forehead, and falls in long locks upon her
shoulders. She wears the talaric chiton, girdled up with a
zone at her waist, and falling in a fold, or diploidion. A portion
of her veil is gathered up as a veil or hood (xa^v^a or Kcthvwrgov),
over the back of her head. On her feet are rather thick
sandals(3) Qcgnnthi). The goddess rests on her right leg, and
is slowly raising her left from the ground. The edge of her
veil is slightly raised with her right hand, while her left holds
a long torch, symbolical of her nocturnal journey to discover
her lost daughter. Her features resemble those of a Hera or
Juno, with the same maternal character, but softer expression,
and her eyes are not so widely opened, perhaps to indicate
her grief.
The worship of Demeter, introduced by the Thracian bards
and seers into Athens, became particularly popular in Attica;
while her connection with Eleusis, and the gift of corn to
1 Pollux, Onomasticon, I. i. 31.
2 Bacchylides in Scliol. Apoll. Rhod. iii. 467. Cf. Ruhn. ad Homer. Hymn, ad Cer.
v. 24.
3 The sandals of Megajra, when she trod the regions of Orcus, were "ferrati,"
shod or nailed with iron.—Claudian, Rapt. Proserp. iii. 390.