![]() ![]() KRONOS & RHEA (Hesiod Theogony 453, Apollodorus 1.4, Diodorus Siculus 5.68.1, Hyginus Fabulae, et al) OFFSPRINGĮNCYCLOPEDIA Persephone and Demeter, Athenian red-figure lekythos C5th B.C., National Archaeological Museum, AthensĭEMETER, one of the great divinities of the Greeks. The content is outlined in the Index of Demeter Pages (left column or below). This site contains a total of 15 pages describing the goddess, including general descriptions, mythology, and cult. Many other myths are detailed over the following pages. The punishment of Erysikhthon (Erysichthon) who was cursed with an unquenchable hunger by the goddess for cutting down her holy grove. Her assault by Poseidon who forcefully coupled with her in the form of a horse. The journeys of Triptolemos, a hero sent by the goddess to instruct mankind in agriculture. The nursing of Demophoon, the young son of King Keleus (Celeus) of Eleusis. ![]() The abduction of her daughter Persephone by Hades, and the great dearth she brought down upon the earth. Some of the more famous myths featuring the goddess include:. Demeter was depicted as a mature woman, often wearing a crown and bearing sheafs of wheat or a cornucopia (horn of plenty), and a torch. She presided over the foremost of the Mystery Cults which promised its intiates the path to a blessed afterlife in the realm of Elysium. Paul Getty MuseumĭEMETER was the Olympian goddess of agriculture, grain and bread who sustained mankind with the earth's rich bounty. ![]() Ceres Plutus and Demeter, Apulian red-figure loutrophoros C4th B.C., The J. ![]()
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