Open AccessTHE HEYDAY OF THE DEMETER CULT DURING THE REIGN OF THE SPARTOKIDS DYNASTY ON BOSPORUS
Author(s) -
Ганна Вікторівна Вахрамеєва
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
vìsnik - kiïvsʹkij nacìonalʹnij unìversitet ìmenì tarasa ševčenka. ìstorìâ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1728-2640
DOI - 10.17721/1728-2640.2018.136.1.02
Subject(s) - cult , terracotta , reign , ancient history , period (music) , art , history , archaeology , politics , political science , law , aesthetics
The article is devoted to the general characteristics of Demeter cult in the Bosporus, thread V – beginning III century BC. The author gives account of the main Bosporus sanctuaries of Demeter. During the excavation of cities and necropolis, a lot of terracotta of Demeter and Kore-Persephone was found. Apart from sacral complexes and coroplast products, epigraphic sources, graffiti, paintings and images of an ear on the coins evidence honouring the goddess of fertility in the Bosporus. The priority of ancient rules and traditions in the cult of Demeter was maintained in the course of this period.