Pausanias' Description of Greece

Cleobœa

Role: virgin · First appears: Book 10 · Chapter 28

Life events

  • Cleobœa introduced the mysteries of Demeter from Paros to Thasos.(Book 10 · Chapter 28 · 📍 Thasos)
    • With: Demeter
    • “And Cleobœa they say first introduced the mysteries of Demeter from Paros to Thasos.”

Book 10 · Chapter 28

  • with Demeter (Cleobœa is associated with the worship of Demeter.) “But there is Tellis, looking like a youth, and Cleobœa still a virgin, with a cist on her knees such as they use in the worship of Demeter.”

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