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Vase Catalog Number: St. Petersburg St. 1792

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Collection:	St. Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum
Summary:	Side A: Demeter and Persephone, Triptolemos, other Eleusinian deities, Herakles as initiate Side B: Hermes receiving divine child from goddess; Athena
Ware:	Attic Red Figure	Shape:	Pelike
Painter:	Name vase of the the Eleusinian Painter	Potter:
Context:	From Kerch	Region:
Date:	350 B.C.	Period:	Late Classical
Dimensions:
Primary Citation:	ARV2, 1476, 1; FR, pl. 70

Keywords:

assembly of gods, Athena, child, Demeter, Demeter and Triptolemos, goddess, Herakles, Hermes, Persephone, Triptolemos

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1993.01.0391 Kerch pelike: Overview drawing of the vase, side A , showing Demeter and Persephone, Triptolemos, other Eleusinian deities, and Herakles as an initiate in the mysteries

1993.01.0390 Kerch pelike: Drawing of side A , showing Demeter and Persephone, Triptolemos, other Eleusinian deities, and Herakles as an initiate in the mysteries

1993.01.0389 Kerch pelike: Drawing of side B, showing Hermes receiving a divine child from goddess; Athena and others surround them

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