Demeter plaque 4th C. BCE

"White is fitting for Ceres: dress in white clothes for Ceres’
Festival: on this day no one wears dark-coloured thread."

-Ovid, Fasti: Book 4, April 12, The Games of Ceres


Demeter.  Molded plaque, artist unknown; 4th cent. BCE.  Probably from Tanagra, Boeotia; now in the Petit Palais, Paris.  Photo credit: Thesupermat.


Source:

https://fr.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fichier:Le_Petit_Palais_-_Protome_de_D%C3%A9m%C3%A9ter_-_IV%C3%A8me_si%C3%A8cle_avant_JC_-_002.jpg


Quote:

https://www.poetryintranslation.com/PITBR/Latin/OvidFastiBkFour.php

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