the thesmophoria

• who was demeter?

  persephone's mother

  goddess of harvest
• who was persophone?

  goddess who was kidnapped by hades into the underworld. tricked into staying by eating a pomergranate
• who was zeus?

  he refused to help demeter retrieve persephone

  made a compromise with hades
• how long did the T last?

  3 days
• what offerings were given at the T?

  casting pigs into a chasm and sprinkling their entrails onto the ground
• what was the T?

  a mystery cult