Friday, March 26, 2010

Deiknumena (Things Shown)

Supposedly, the rites at Eleusis were started for sharing agricultural secrets...

Here is the giant bas relief from the Eleusis museum. I guess that's Demeter and Persephone showing Triptolemus how to plant grain? I'd like to know more about Triptolemus. Was he some sort of god-child? does he represent the next generation?

Julia hasn't even mentioned his role in the film.

And, in terms of showing sacred objects... what were the deiknumena? What was in the Kiste Mystica?
When they opened the chest... did they show the crowd... sacred symbols like... serpents and seed cakes, pomegranates and poppies, stalks of grain and statues of...
genitalia?

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