Quote from article: "Laughy warned that the evidence linking the snake goddess and Demeter is circumstantial. However, he said, the evidence is strong that the woman is not a figure associated with death, but a goddess. If she were Demeter, the snake goddess plaque would be one of the oldest images ever found of that particular deity. Either way, the snake goddess is 'striking,' Laughy said. It's one of the earliest multicolor paintings found in Athens."
(photo copyright Athenian Agora Excavations)
