Summary: referring to her as the priestess of fire in the temple and her association with Furies. The notion of a perpetual fire kept burning in sacred towers like the Prutaneia in Arcadia and Elis indicates the reverence for fire and its significance in rituals for deities like Ceres, albeit evolving into negative connotations over time. This transition from being priests of fire to demonic figures reflects the changing perceptions of these divine entities, with Ceres, the lawgiver, also being at times associated with these hellish figures in mythology as depicted by ancient writers like Antimachus. The temple of Ceres as a place of fiery rites symbolizing both benefaction and torment underscores the complex interplay of reverence and fear attributed to deities in ancient Greek lore.