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10 unusual facts about Demeter


Aerion

The firm's name is derived from the mythical horse Areion—belonged to Adrastus and born to Demeter and Poseidon.

Explanatory power

He describes how very specific, and even somewhat falsifiable theories were provided to explain how the gods' sadness caused the seasons.

Extramural Sanctuary of Demeter and Persephone at Cyrene, Libya

For example, in the Homeric Hymn to Demeter, a celebratory song hymned in honor of the grain goddess (Demeter), Demeter expresses her unwillingness to drink wine until it has been "mixed" with a concoction of mint, water and barley (II.205-210).

Archaeological excavations of Cyrene's Extramural Sanctuary of Demeter and Persephone, also known as Kore, daughter of Demeter and legendary Queen of the Underworld and consort of Hades, began in 1969 under the sponsorship of the University of Michigan.

The pottery vases categorized as having a personal use may have served as dedicationsto Persephone and her divine mother (Demeter).

On the whole, the Sanctuary of Demeter and Persephone is a physical expansion covering approximately six hundred years of the occupation of its Upper and Middle Sanctuary grounds.

Kim Echlin

Echlin draws on the ancient myths of Demeter and Persephone, as well as on the story of Inanna, in her second novel, Dagmar's Daughter, in which a motherless teen is almost drowned before finding safety on a small island.

Polyxo

The truth was that Erysichthon was dealing with the insatiable hunger sent upon him by the angry Demeter.

Request to read papers

Under Demeter's Manual, by default, a member can read from such documents, but must stop if an objection is made, seconded, and adopted by majority vote.

Stadium at Olympia

Opposite this, on the north slope, was an altar to Demeter Chamyne.


1108 Demeter

However, Greek-influenced Slavic languages such as Russian had adopted Latin/Italian Cerera for 1 Ceres, and were thus free to use the classical Greek form Demetra for 1108 Demeter.

Abelard Snazz

Snazz brings the “Gods Revival’” to Ursa Minor, where he introduces to the inhabitants the gods’ new roles, including Ares as the God of Space Invaders Machines, Demeter as the Goddess of Health Food Stores, Apollo as the Disco God, and Eros as the God of Popular Romantic Fiction.

Amphictyonis

Demeter was worshiped under this name at Anthela, because it was a meeting place for the amphictyons of Thermopylae, who offered sacrifices to her at the start of every meeting.

Christine Demeter

George Jonas and his wife Barbara Amiel, published a book about the case, By Persons Unknown: The Strange Death of Christine Demeter (1976).

Cychreides

It went on a rampage, and was driven away or captured by Eurylochus, who gifted it to Demeter, a goddess who then kept it for her own.

Dimitrija Demeter

This type of Demeter's poems in many of his works, both by verse and rhyme, announces the most important literary work in Croatian literature of the time: the epic poem The Death of Smail-aga Čengić written by Ivan Mažuranić in 1845.

Dion, Pieria

Dion is the site of a large temple dedicated to Zeus, as well as a series of temples to Demeter and to Isis (the Egyptian goddess was a favorite of Alexander).

Extramural Sanctuary of Demeter and Persephone at Cyrene, Libya

The Extramural Sanctuary of Demeter and Persephone at Cyrene, Libya is located on a coastal plateau of Libya, beyond the boundaries of the city (extramural).

FK Palić

Former coaches of FK Palić include Demeter Deže, Blaško Milunović, Ivan Bogešić, Ilija Vorgučin, Stipan Kopilović, Aleksandar Gaborović, Jožef Sabo Rac, Mihalj Bleskanj, Josip Zemko, Antun Čikić, Marinko Poljaković, Svetozar Mirolović, Miloš Zakić and Dejan Vrana.

If Women Counted

Margunn Bjørnholt and Ailsa McKay (eds.), Counting on Marilyn Waring: New Advances in Feminist Economics, with a foreword by Julie A. Nelson, Toronto, Demeter Press/Brunswick Books, 2014, ISBN 9781927335277

Jealousy in religion

Though Zeus drove the Titans away with his thunderbolts but only after the Titans ate everything but the heart, which was saved, variously, by Athena, Rhea, or Demeter.

Lycosura

The central figures of Despoina and Demeter were on a colossal scale, significantly greater than that of Artemis and the Titan Anytus.

Philippus

3,000 years ago a select few of the Olympian gods, which included Artemis, Athena, Hestia, Demeter and Aphrodite, took the souls of women slain throughout time by the hands of men and sent them to the bottom of the Aegean Sea.

Saranyu

According to Max Müller and A. Kuhn, Demeter is the mythological equivalent of the Sanskrit Saranyu, who, having turned herself into a mare, is pursued by Vivasvat, and becomes the mother of Revanta and the twin Asvins, the Indian Dioscuri (the Indian and Greek myths being regarded as identical).