A terracotta figurine titled "Figurine of Demeter with Pig," from Greece, Athens, 400s BCE, showing the grain goddess holding a piglet, the animal sacrificed in her honor at the Thesmophoria festival. Held today by the Cleveland Museum of Art under accession 1926.521, Greek and Roman Art department, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund.
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MediumTerracotta figurine, Greece, Athens, 400s BCE, Cleveland Museum of Art 1926.521 1 Medium (class) Connections
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Athens, Cities This source names Athens directly: "of Demeter with Pig," from Greece, Athens, 400s BCE, showing the grain goddess holding a piglet, the animal sacrificed in her honor at the Thesmophoria festival."
Source Figurine of Demeter with Pig, accession 1926.521 (Cleveland Museum of Art)
This source names Greece directly: ""Figurine of Demeter with Pig," from Greece, Athens, 400s BCE, showing the grain goddess holding a piglet, the animal sacrificed in her honor at the Thesmophoria festival."
Source Figurine of Demeter with Pig, accession 1926.521 (Cleveland Museum of Art)
This source names Greece directly: ""Figurine of Demeter with Pig," from Greece, Athens, 400s BCE, showing the grain goddess holding a piglet, the animal sacrificed in her honor at the Thesmophoria festival."
Source Figurine of Demeter with Pig, accession 1926.521 (Cleveland Museum of Art)
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Source Figurine of Demeter with Pig, accession 1926.521 (Cleveland Museum of Art)
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The Cleveland Museum of Art's own title for this figurine names the subject outright, "Figurine of Demeter with Pig," a direct identification rather than a bare thematic tag.
Source Figurine of Demeter with Pig, accession 1926.521 (Cleveland Museum of Art)
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Source Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access API: Cleveland Museum of Art object record 1926.521
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1. Figurine of Demeter with Pig, accession 1926.521 (Cleveland Museum of Art)
Cleveland Museum of Art- accession 1926.521
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A terracotta figurine titled "Figurine of Demeter with Pig," from Greece, Athens, 400s BCE, showing the grain goddess holding a piglet, the animal sacrificed in her honor at the Thesmophoria festival.
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Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access API: Cleveland Museum of Art object record 1926.521
Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access APIOriginated In: Greece, cultureQuote, Originated In: Greece, culture
"Greece, Athens"
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