CL 28 - Classical Mythology

Lecture 10 - The Olympians V: Hermes and Demeter

Hermes (Roman=Mercury)
Maia
Argus-slayer (Argeiophontes)
Psychopomp
Charon
Styx
cadeuceus - petasus
Pan

Demeter (Roman=Ceres)
Persephone / Kore (Roman= Proserpina)
Dionysus, the son of Semele
Hades
Triptolemus, the holy child and first farmer of the Eleusinian myth
Celeus and Metaneira
Demophon, the child in Demeter's care
Iasion - Ploutos - cornucopia
Iambe

Eleusis
Eleusinian Mysteries
Telesterion
Anaktoron
Thesmophoria
anodos - nestia - kalligenia
mystes / mystai

IMAGES

• Hermes, wearing winged hat and sandals, presents the infant Dionysos to Silenus and the nymphs of Nysa. Attic White-ground kalyx krater by the Phiale Painter, 440 - 435, from Vulci. Simon, Erika. Die Griechischen Vasen. Hirmer Verlag, Munich: 1981. Color Plate XLVIII
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• Hermes and child Dionysos. marble Greek original (?) by Praxiteles. Middle 4th century BC. Olympia Museum.
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• Demeter and Kore. Archaic relief sculpture. Marble. Photo CD: (#GS 1/2/300-33) Greek Sculpture: Geometric, Orientalizing, Archaic and "Severe Style" Periods
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• Eleusis: telesterion, general view from south. Visible in foreground the foundation of the portico; in middle ground column-bases; in background the seats in the theatral area below the Cool Wall.

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