Demeter in the public pantheon of Bosporan kingdom (VI–I centuries BC)

Authors

  • Ganna V. Vakhrameeva National Museum of Ukrainian Folk Decorative Arts, 9 Lavrskaya Street, Kyiv 01015, Ukraine; Vasyl’ Stus Donetsk National University, 21 600-richya Street, Vinnytsia 21021, Ukraine

Keywords:

Demeter, Kore (Persephone), VI–I century BC, Bosporus, official pantheon, the sanctuary, terracotta, epigraphic, numismatic, Eleusinian cult

Abstract

The article deals with the problem of the public cult of Demeter in the Bosporus during VI–I centuries BC. Epigraphic and numismatic sources indicate the official cult. Also, the author describes with the main sanctuary of Demeter Bosporus. The excavations were found many terracotta Demeter and Kore (Persephone). The priority rules and ancient traditions are persisted throughout the period.

Author Biography

  • Ganna V. Vakhrameeva, National Museum of Ukrainian Folk Decorative Arts, 9 Lavrskaya Street, Kyiv 01015, Ukraine; Vasyl’ Stus Donetsk National University, 21 600-richya Street, Vinnytsia 21021, Ukraine

    junior researcher of the National Museum of Ukrainian Folk Decorative Arts; postgraduate student of the department of world history, Vasyl’ Stus Donetsk National University

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2018-07-30

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No. 3 (2018): Journal of the Belarusian State University. History

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World History

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Vakhrameeva, G.V. 2018. Demeter in the public pantheon of Bosporan kingdom (VI–I centuries BC). Journal of the Belarusian State University. History. 3 (Jul. 2018), 78–83.