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The sanctuary of Eleusinian Demeter is on the borders of Thelpusa. In it are images, each no less than seven feet high, of Demeter, her daughter, and Dionysus, all alike of stone (Paus. 8,25,3). The village Divritsa changed its name to Dimitra when the ancient sanctuary of Demeter Eleusinian was brought to light (Ekd. Athinon, Pausaniou Periegissis, vol. 4, p. 278, note of the left column).
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