Demeter (Ceres)

Demeter in Wikipedia

In Greek mythology, Demeter (ancient Greek Δημήτηρ, Dēmētēr) was the goddess of the harvest, who presided over grains, the fertility of the earth, the seasons (personified by the Hours), and the harvest.One of her surnames is Sito (σίτος: wheat) as the giver of food or corn.[1] Though Demeter is often described simply as the goddess of the har...

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Demeter in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

（Δημήτηρ), one of the great divinities of the Greeks. Tho name Demeter is supposed by some to be the same as γῆ μήτηρ, that is, mother earth, while others consider Deo, which is synonymous with Demeter, as connected with δάις and δαίνυμι, and as derived from the Cretan word dha/i, barley, so that Demeter would be the mother or giver of barley ...

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