Relief of Demeter seated on a rock



Relief of Demeter seated on a rock

Γ15
Stone (Marble)
Missing the right leg and the fingers of the right hand
Height: 30 cm.
Knossos
Roman period:
Mid-2nd c. AD:
Gallery:
XXVII
Case:
Not in case
Exhibition thematic unit:
Sculpture. Hellenistic period (3rd-2nd c. BC) Roman period (1st c. BC-3rd c. AD)
Statues of gods
Description
Relief of Demeter seated on the Mirthless Rock. This is the stone on which the goddess sat to rest, tired from her futile search for her daughter Persephone, who had been abducted by Hades, the god of the Underworld. Her head is supported on her right hand, elbow on the right knee, while in her left hand she holds a cornucopia of wheat and fruit. She is wearing a long chiton and a himation covering her head. Her wavy hair is parted in the centre.
Bibliography:
Platon, N. (1964). Führer durch das Archäeologische Museum von Heraklion. Athens, p. 170. Kopaka, K. (1991). Ο Μίνως Καλοκαιρινός και οι πρώτες ανασκαφές στην Κνωσό, Πεπραγμένα του Z’ Διεθνούς Κρητολογικού Συνεδρίου, Rethymnon 1995 Α1, pp. 501-511, fig. 38. Sporn, K. (2001). Synkretismen in der Gestalt der Demetra auf Kreta, Πεπραγμένα του Θ΄ Διεθνούς Κρητολογικού Συνεδρίου, Elounta 2006, A2, pp. 129-143, fig. 1.
Author:
M. K.


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