[1] It is part of a mini-pantheon prominent in the city, which also includes the goddess Artemis, the Titan Anytos, and the goddess Desponia, the "Mistress", whose true name remains unknown, according to the historian Pausanias, who catalogued the region in his book Description of Greece (Ἑλλάδος Περιήγησις, Hellados Periegesis).

[2][3] The cult statues was believed to be about 6 meters in height, and the depiction of the deities were also documented on Roman provincial currency issued by the city of Megalopolis.

[1] Measuring 75 cm, and unlike the statue of Artemis, whose eyes are inlaid, the Demeter's face is carved in one piece, with a veil that remains well preserved.

The hair is coiffed in wavy tresses, and with it holes are carved into the head meant for the placement of a metal diadem.

[1][6] The description from what Pausanias gathered indicated that Demeter would have held a torch in right hand and her left laying on the Despoina statue, both of whom would share a throne and a footstool made out of a block of marble.