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Despoina or Despoena (/ d ɛ s ˈ p iː n ə /; [1] Greek: Δέσποινα, romanized: Déspoina) was the epithet of a goddess worshipped by the Eleusinian Mysteries in Ancient Greece as the daughter of Demeter and Poseidon and the sister of Arion. [2]
A votive plaque known as the Ninnion Tablet depicting elements of the Eleusinian Mysteries, discovered in the sanctuary at Eleusis (mid-4th century BC). The Eleusinian Mysteries (Greek: Ἐλευσίνια Μυστήρια, romanized: Eleusínia Mystḗria) were initiations held every year for the cult of Demeter and Persephone based at the Panhellenic Sanctuary of Eleusis in ancient Greece.
A daughter of Poseidon and Aphrodite [86] The Sirens [87] Usually the daughters of Achelous and Melpomene [88] [89] Stilbo Styx [90] According to Hyginus a daughter of Nyx [91] Telesto Theia [92] Mother of the Cercopes: Thoe The name of a Nereid [34] Thraike [93] Tyche Urania Xanthe [94] The name of a Nereid [34] Zeuxo
The daughter of Zeus and the Oceanid Metis, she rose from her father's head fully grown and in full battle armor. Her symbols include the owl and the olive tree. Hephaestus: Vulcan: Master blacksmith and craftsman of the gods; god of the forge, craftsmanship, invention, fire and volcanoes. The son of Hera, either by Zeus or through ...
She is the daughter of Cronus and Rhea, and the mother of Persephone by Zeus. [95] She and her daughter were intimately connected in cult, [96] and the two goddesses were honoured in the Thesmophoria festival, which included only women. [97] Demeter presided over the growing of grain, and she was responsible for the lives of married women. [98]
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There is some evidence that the figures of the Queen of the Underworld and the daughter of Demeter were initially considered separate goddesses. [86] However, they must have become conflated by the time of Hesiod in the 7th century BC. [79] Demeter and Persephone were often worshipped together and were often referred to by joint cultic titles.
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