The Metroon at Demetrias

Adam Wiznura

doi:10.14288/1.0404464

The Metroon at Demetrias

Adam Wiznura

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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 high-status worshippers in the cult of Kybele/Mother of the Gods.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Database of Religious History
Editors	Edward Slingerland, M. Willis Monroe
Place of Publication	Vancouver, BC
Publisher	Database of Religious History
Number of pages	13
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.14288/1.0404464
Publication status	Published - 21-Oct-2021

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