The Colonnaded Street, which runs from east to west in front of the Temple of Demeter, served as the heart of the ancient city during the Roman and Byzantine periods. Sabri Ceylan, the Provincial ...

Below Demeter’s temple, there were buildings No ... while others had utilitarian features for the city’s homes and streets.

Persephone was the daughter of Demeter, the Goddess of the harvest, and lived with her mother on the Island of Sicily. A volcano on the island erupted and Hades emerged from his underworld kingdom.