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Terracotta Fragment of a Votive Relief in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, June 2010

Terracotta Fragment of a Votive Relief in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, June 2010
Terracotta fragment of a votive relief
Greek, South Italian, Locrian, ca. 470-460 BC
Hades abducting Persephone

Accession # 1989.281.60

When Hades, the god of the underworld, carried Persephone to his kingdom of the dead, Demeter, her mother brought all growth on earth to a standstill until Persephone was allowed to return to the earth for part of each year. Since antiquity, this myth has been understood as an allegory for the seasonal cycle of vegetation.

Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.
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