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  2. Demeter - Wikipedia

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    Demeter seems to have accompanied Dionysus when he descended into the Underworld to retrieve his mother Semele in order to visit her now married daughter, and perhaps lead her back to the land of the living for the remainder of the year.

  3. Despoina - Wikipedia

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    In the myth, Poseidon saw Demeter and desired her. To avoid him, she took her archaic form of a mare, but he took the form of a stallion and mated with her. From this union Demeter bore a daughter, Despoina, and a fabulous horse, Arion. Due to her anger at this turn of events, Demeter also was given the epithet Erinys (raging). [4]

  4. Thesmophoria - Wikipedia

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    The Thesmophoria (Ancient Greek: Θεσμοφόρια) was an ancient Greek religious festival, held in honor of the goddess Demeter and her daughter Persephone.It was held annually, mostly around the time that seeds were sown in late autumn – though in some places it was associated with the harvest instead – and celebrated human and agricultural fertility.

  5. Gender in English - Wikipedia

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    Many words in modern English refer specifically to people or animals of a particular sex. [28] An example of an English word that has retained gender-specific spellings is the noun-form of blond/blonde, with the former being masculine and the latter being feminine. This distinction is retained primarily in British English.

  6. Zeus - Wikipedia

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    When Hades requested to marry Zeus's daughter, Persephone, Zeus approved and advised Hades to abduct Persephone, as her mother Demeter would not allow her to marry Hades. [261] In the Orphic "Rhapsodic Theogony" (first century BC/AD), [262] Zeus wanted to marry his mother Rhea. After Rhea refused to marry him, Zeus turned into a snake and raped ...

  7. Tori Spelling Isn’t Against Another Wedding: ‘J. Lo Did It ...

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    The twosome were only married for 15 months when Spelling got together with McDermott (who was married to Mary Jo Eustace for 13 years at the time). Spelling and McDermott went on to have five ...

  8. Iambe - Wikipedia

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    Nor did she embrace anyone in word or deed, But without laughing and not tasting food or drink She sat wasting away in longing for her deep-girdled daughter, Till Iambe, who was knowing and careful, with jests Made many jokes and turned the mood of the divine lady, By smiling and laughing, and keeping her heart gracious:

  9. Dean McDermott Breaks His Silence After Tori Spelling Files ...

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    Dean McDermott broke his silence days after estranged wife, Tori Spelling, filed for divorce. “Tori and I are good,” McDermott, 57, said in a video obtained by the Daily Mail on Monday, April ...