Thesmophoria

GPTKB entity

Properties (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Hindu_temple
gptkbp:associatedWith Persephone
Seasonal festivals
Harvest celebrations
Rites of passage
Demeter
Fertility rites
Mysteries of Eleusis
gptkbp:celebratedIn November
October
Rural areas
Urban areas
gptkbp:celebrates Women
Three days
gptkbp:culturalImpact Celebration of fertility
Influenced later festivals
Symbol of women's roles
gptkbp:heldIn gptkb:Athens
gptkb:Lemnos
gptkbp:historicalPeriod gptkb:Classical_Greece
gptkb:Herodotus
Aristophanes
Plutarch
Pausanias
Callimachus
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Thesmophoria
gptkbp:includes Sacrifices
Feasting
Processions
gptkbp:influencedBy Agricultural cycles
Myth_of_Demeter_and_Persephone
Cultural_practices_of_ancient_Greece
Religious_beliefs_of_ancient_Greeks
Social_structure_of_ancient_Greece
gptkbp:involves Fruits
Grain
Pigs
Cultural storytelling
Ritual purification
Celebration of motherhood
Sharing of food
Nighttime rituals
Collective rituals
Procession to the Thesmophorion
Women gathering
gptkbp:mythology Demeter's_grief
Persephone's_return
gptkbp:relatedTo Agricultural fertility