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🌍 the Sanctuary of Eleusinian Demeter near Mount Taygetos (Laconia)

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  • Somewhere in or near
    🌍 Mount Taygete (Laconia/Messenia)
    Cult site of
    👤 Persephone daughter of Demeter👤 Demeter Olympian goddess
    Relics preserved on site
    🏺 the Statue of Orpheus made by the Pelasgians, kept at the Sanctuary of Eleusinian Demeter in Laconia
    Related entities
    👤 Asclepios son of Apollo, god of healing👤 Heracles greatest Greek hero🏺 the Statue of Orpheus made by the Pelasgians, kept at the Sanctuary of Eleusinian Demeter in Laconia👤 Persephone daughter of Demeter🌍 Helos (Laconia) city in Laconia👤 Iacchos (Eleusinian) hero connected the the Eleusinian mysteries👤 Demeter Olympian goddess
    Mentioned by
    📖 Pausanias 3.20.5📖 Pausanias 3.20.5-3.20.6📖 Strabo 10.3.10
    Mentioned in text
    PausaniasStrabo
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