Cast Gallery catalogue number: D043

Demeter stands at the left, holding a sceptre. She gives corn (added in bronze or gold) to the young Triptolemos, who will teach mankind the art of agriculture. Persephone stands at the right, holding a torch.

• Plaster cast: Height: 2.22m.
• Copy of a marble relief.
• The relief:
  • was made in about 435 BC.
  • was found at Eleusis (lower town) in 1859.
  • is now in Athens, National Museum, 126.