Crete Island, Knossos Royal City.
With the arrival of the Harvest Festival, the streets were filled with joy, and the residents, who had been busy for most of the year, could finally take a break to tidy up their homes and enjoy the season's freshly threshed wheat and rice.
Evening smoke curled up.
Warm fires were lit, and sumptuous meals were served on dining tables, with enticing aromas spreading from house to house.
In the central square of the city, which served the purpose of worship, priests in white robes held torches, lighting fragrant woods and spices. They offered bulls, cows, pigs, fruits, beehives, fruit trees, rice ears, and chestnuts to Demeter, the Goddess of Agriculture, as symbols of the festive and bountiful harvest. They prayed devoutly, hoping for the deities' blessing for the coming year, for favorable weather, and abundance.