Set of two Plates - Demeter Ceres and Hera Juno - Classic Period - Attica - Athens - 450 BC - Desk Miniatures - Ceramic Items

Item Specifics

Condition: New, Handmade in Greece
First Plate:
Diameter: 8 cm - 3,1 inches
Weight: 60 g
Second Plate:
Diameter: 8 cm - 3,1 inches
Weight: 60 g
Material: clay, paint, ceramic, terracotta

Demeter is the goddess of the harvest and presides over grains and the fertility of the earth. Although she was most often referred to as the goddess of the harvest, she was also goddess of sacred law and the cycle of life and death.
Hera is the Queen of the Gods and is the wife and sister of Zeus in the Olympian pantheon. She is known for being the Goddess of Marriage & Birth. Despite being the Goddess of Marriage, she was known to be jealous and vengeful towards the many lovers and offspring of her husband Zeus.