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A characteristic of Homer's style is the use of epithets, as in "rosy-fingered" Dawn or "swift-footed" Achilles.Epithets are used because of the constraints of the dactylic hexameter (i.e., it is convenient to have a stockpile of metrically fitting phrases to add to a name) and because of the oral transmission of the poems; they are mnemonic aids to the singer and the audience alike.
Her function was extended to vegetation generally and to all fruits and she had the epithets eukarpos (of good crop),karpophoros (bringer of fruits), malophoros (apple bearer) and sometimes Oria (all the fruits of the season). These epithets show an identity in nature with the earth goddess. [37] [38] [35] [39]
Demeter is the ancient Greek goddess of agriculture, harvest, crops, grains, fertility and food. ... Epithets of Demeter (9 P) F. Festivals of Demeter (1 C, 5 P) S.
Epithets of Demeter (9 P) Epithets of Dionysus (11 P) E. Epithets of Persephone (7 P) H. Epithets of Hades (3 P) Epithets of Hecate (10 P) Epithets of Helios (9 P)
In some ancient cults Erinys is related to Poseidon and her name is an epithet of Demeter. [29] It is possible that Demeter appears as Da-ma-te in a Linear B inscription (PN EN 609), however the interpretation is still under dispute. [30] [31] Si-to Po-tini-ja is probably related with Demeter as goddess of grain. [32]
Her fight with the Giant appears in a number of ancient vase paintings and other artwork. [ 11 ] [ 135 ] Hecate is the primary feminine figure in the Chaldean Oracles (2nd–3rd century CE), [ 136 ] where she is associated in fragment 194 with a strophalos (usually translated as a spinning top, or wheel, used in magic) "Labour thou around the ...
Later, Despoina was conflated with Kore (Persephone), the goddess of the Eleusinian mysteries, in a life-death-rebirth cycle. Karl Kerenyi asserted that the cult was a continuation of a Minoan goddess, and that her name recalls the Minoan - Mycenaean goddess 𐀅𐁆𐀪𐀵𐀍𐄀𐀡𐀴𐀛𐀊 , da-pu 2 -ri-to-jo,po-ti-ni-ja , i.e. the ...
According to Kerényi, the title of "man who suffers" likely originally referred to the god himself, only being applied to distinct characters as the myth developed. [33] The oldest known image of Dionysus, accompanied by his name, is found on a dinos by the Attic potter Sophilos around 570 BC and is located in the British Museum. [34]