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Demeter was frequently associated with images of the harvest, including flowers, fruit, and grain. She was also sometimes pictured with her daughter Persephone. However, Demeter is not generally portrayed with any of her consorts; the exception is Iasion , the youth of Crete who lay with her in a thrice-ploughed field and was killed afterward ...
The Alexandra of Lycophron makes clear that when Hecuba is to be transformed into one of the hounds of the triple Hecate, Brimo is an epithet of the Thessalian goddess of the Underworld. Clement of Alexandria was of the opinion that Brimo was only a title of Demeter at Eleusis. [ 8 ]
Upload file; Search. Search. Create account; ... Demeter is the ancient Greek goddess of agriculture, ... Epithets of Demeter (9 P) F. Festivals of Demeter (1 C
By the 1st-century BC, Demeter suckling Iacchus had become such a commonplace, that the Latin poet Lucretius could use it as an apparently recognizable example of a lover's euphemism. [61] A scholiast on the 2nd-century AD Aristides, explicitly names Demeter as Iacchus' mother. [62] By other accounts apparently, Iacchus was the husband of ...
In Greek mythology, Antaea (Greek: Ἀνταία), Antaia, or Antea, was an epithet of the goddesses Demeter, Rhea, and Cybele.Its meaning is unclear but it probably signifies a goddess whom man may approach in prayers, this name look like "ain tinea" the berbere queen of Algerian desert (). [1]
The kykeon was the sacred drink used during initiation into Demeter and Persephone's cult. [1] The two priestesses wear two tunics each, which are secured on their breast with diagonally crossing straps; their chest is further decorated with a gorgoneion brooch. Saint Demetra's face, which is no longer preserved, was inclined to the left, as ...
Download as PDF; Printable version ... In Greek mythology, an epithet of Demeter at Lacedaemon. (Hesychius s. v. Epipolla.) The image points in epipolar geometry