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Demeter – Mythopedia Demeter was a Greek Olympian goddess who reigned over crops, harvests, family, and fertility She was closely connected with her daughter Persephone
Persephone – Mythopedia Persephone was the daughter of Zeus and Demeter, the wife of Hades, and the queen of the Underworld Her most important myth tells of how Hades abducted her, then tricked her into eating something in the Underworld so that she could never leave Not even her mother, Demeter, could bring her home
Homeric Hymns: 2. To Demeter (Full Text) - Mythopedia II TO DEMETER (1–3) I begin to sing of rich-haired Demeter, awful goddess—of her and her trim-ankled daughter whom Aidoneus rapt away, given to him by all-seeing Zeus the loud-thunderer (4–18) Apart from Demeter, lady of the golden sword and glorious fruits, she was playing with the deep-bosomed daughters of Oceanus and gathering flowers over a soft meadow, roses and crocuses and
Triptolemus – Mythopedia Triptolemus was a hero and prince from Eleusis After the goddess Demeter taught him the art of agriculture, he traveled the world spreading this knowledge to others
Ceres – Mythopedia Ceres was the Roman goddess of agriculture and fertility, a patron of farmers and protector of plebeians Her Greek counterpart was Demeter
Arion – Mythopedia Arion sometimes appeared on the reverse of coins from Thelpusa, the Arcadian town commonly connected with the myth of his birth [7] Family In the standard tradition, Arion was the child of Poseidon and Demeter, two powerful Olympian gods (and, incidentally, brother and sister)
Homeric Hymns – Mythopedia Homeric Hymn 13 (to Demeter) At just three lines long, the thirteenth Homeric Hymn is the shortest of the hymns It contains only the introduction and conclusion to a hymn in honor of Demeter Homeric Hymn 14 (to the Mother of the Gods) The fourteenth Homeric Hymn (6 lines) invokes a goddess addressed simply as the “mother of the gods ”
Arethusa – Mythopedia Arethusa was a nymph, sometimes numbered among the daughters of the sea god Nereus Her myth describes how she fled to Syracuse to escape the undesired advances of the river god Alpheus, finally transforming into a freshwater spring
Greek Olympians – Mythopedia The twelve Olympians consist of most of the major gods and goddesses of the Greek pantheon Immortals who ruled their human subjects from on high, they were constantly fighting, fooling, and having affairs with each other, often with dire consequences
Rhea – Mythopedia Rhea was a Greek Titan and mother of the Olympian gods After her husband Cronus consumed their first five children, she saved her sixth baby, Zeus, by giving Cronus a stone to swallow instead