miscellaneous doodles, unfinished, unrealized
there was a city said to be the oldest in the world: Lycosura. the most notable remains of it are the ruins of the Temple of Despoina
... beside the temple of the Mistress on the right is what is called the Hall, where the Arcadians celebrate Mysteries, and sacrifice to the Mistress many victims in generous fashion. Every man of them sacrifices what he possesses. But he does not cut the throats of the victims, as is done in other sacrifices; each man chops off a limb of the sacrifice, just that which happens to come to hand. This Mistress the Arcadians worship more than any other god, declaring that she is a daughter of Poseidon and Demeter. Mistress is her surname among the many, just as they surname Demeter’s daughter by Zeus the Maiden. But whereas the real name of the Maiden is Persephone, as Homer and Pamphos before him say in their poems, the real name of the Mistress I am afraid to write to the uninitiated
Demeter carries a torch in her right hand; her other hand she has laid upon the Mistress. The Mistress has on her knees a staff and the so-called kiste, ‘box’, which she holds in her right hand. On both sides of the throne are images. By the side of Demeter stands Artemis wrapped in the skin of a deer, and carrying a quiver on her shoulders, while in one hand she holds a torch, in the other two serpents; by her side a bitch, of a breed suitable for hunting, is lying down. By the image of the Mistress stands Anytus, represented as a man in armour. Those about the sanctuary say that the Mistress was brought up by Anytus, who was one of the Titans, as they are called
-Pausanias
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we had an entry in the demosplash 2020 party called last place, and we succeeded in scoring last place!
what is the number of these things? can they be two different brands? do you have to be a flat shipper to get one? do I have to buy stamps and send them back to get another? any other questions you may have, please email me. thank you.
