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The Metroon at Demetrias Wiznura, Adam

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During rescue excavations (1988-1990) at the Zerva Plot in the area of Magoula Pefkakia (less than 1 km S of the port of Volos) within the territory of ancient Demetrias, was a building with rooms surrounding a peristylar courtyard. The excavator, Anthi Batziou-Efstathiou originally interpreted it as a house but later proposed that the building was the city of Demetrias' official Metroon (sanctuary to the Mother of the Gods), which is supported by the royal stamps on its rooftiles. Maria Mili points to the complexities of interpreting such spaces and suggests that it could also be the location for the private thiasos of a highstatus worshippers in the cult of Kybele/Mother of the Gods.

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Title
The Metroon at Demetrias
Creator
Wiznura, Adam
Contributor
Database of Religious History (DRH)
Publisher
Database of Religious History (DRH)
Date Issued
2021-10-21
Description
During rescue excavations (1988-1990) at the Zerva Plot in the area of Magoula Pefkakia (less than 1 km S of the port of Volos) within the territory of ancient Demetrias, was a building with rooms surrounding a peristylar courtyard. The excavator, Anthi Batziou-Efstathiou originally interpreted it as a house but later proposed that the building was the city of Demetrias' official Metroon (sanctuary to the Mother of the Gods), which is supported by the royal stamps on its rooftiles. Maria Mili points to the complexities of interpreting such spaces and suggests that it could also be the location for the private thiasos of a highstatus worshippers in the cult of Kybele/Mother of the Gods.
Subject
Graeco-Roman; Greek Domestic Religions; Greek Mystery Cults; Greek Polis Religions; Greece; Temple; Religious Complex; Religious Place; Greek Cult; Mystery Religion; Greek Religions; Mystery Religion; Aegean; Religious Group; Thessaly; Macedonian Religions
Genre
Other
Type
Text
Language
eng
Date Available
2021-12-03
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0404464
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/80363
Affiliation
Non UBC
Citation
Adam Wiznura. (2021). The Metroon at Demetrias. Database of Religious History, Vancouver, BC: University of British Columbia.
Peer Review Status
Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Graduate
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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