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Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Pages in category "Epithets of Demeter" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikimedia Commons; Help ... Demeter is the ancient Greek goddess of agriculture, harvest, crops, grains, ...
Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; Help. Deeds of Demeter. Pages in category "Deeds of Demeter" The following 32 pages are in this category, out of 32 ...
Demeter in an ancient Greek fresco from Panticapaeum, 1st century Crimea. While travelling far and wide looking for her daughter, Demeter arrived exhausted in Attica. A woman named Misme took her in and offered her a cup of water with pennyroyal and barley groats, for it was a hot day. Demeter, in her thirst, swallowed the drink clumsily.
Persephone is the wife of Hades and the daughter of Demeter and Zeus. Hades only allows her to visit Demeter in the spring and summer and remain in the Underworld in the fall and winter. She is said to be able to "soften" Hades and make him more merciful. Unlike most minor gods, she sides with Olympus during the war against the Titans.
As a matron Demeter carries a queen-like presence and is one of the main objects of attention in the pantheon. [1] [6] The description from what Pausanias gathered indicated that Demeter would have held a torch in right hand and her left laying on the Despoina statue, both of whom would share a throne and a footstool made out of a block of marble.
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.
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Pages in category "Temples of Demeter" ... out of 20 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.