Thesmophoria: Kathos and Andos
The Thesmophoria were a religious festival dedicated to Demeter, the goddess of harvest and fertility, and her daughter Persephone. It was celebrated probably as early as the 11th century, even before the Ionian migration into Greece. It was a fertility festival to ensure fertile land and good harvest. Kathos (uprising) and Andos (the fall) symbolize the begining and end of this fertility festival, through both time and coming of age.
