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Definition of Demeter
1. Noun. (Greek mythology) goddess of fertility and protector of marriage in ancient mythology; counterpart of Roman Ceres.
Definition of Demeter
1. Proper noun. (Greek god) The goddess of the fertility of the Earth and harvests, protector of marriage and social order; daughter of Cronos and Rhea, mother to Persephone ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Demeter
Literary usage of Demeter
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion by James George Frazer (1900)
"Demeter and Proserpine The Greek myth of Demeter and Proserpine is substantially
identical with the Syrian myth of Aphrodite (Astarte) and Adonis, ..."
2. The Mythology of All Races by John Arnott MacCulloch, Louis Herbert Gray, George Foot Moore, Alice Werner (1916)
"If this be so, Demeter is here simply the personified recognition of the fact,
... If Demeter was propitious, social relations were not disturbed, ..."
3. Greek and Roman [mythology] by William Sherwood Fox (1916)
"In a car given him by Demeter and drawn by winged dragons, he flew from land to
land, scattering seed for the use of men, ..."
4. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities by William Smith (1891)
"25, 4-5) and of Demeter Melaina at Phigalia (и. 42, 1-4); but these have little
affinity with the law- establishing goddess, and even the worship in the ..."
5. Pausanias's Description of Greece by Pausanias (1898)
"the sea-god Poseidon and the corn-goddess Demeter, each in horse- form, were
celebrating their nuptials among the waving of the ears. ..."
6. The Mythology of Greece and Rome: Presented with Special Reference to Its by Arthur Fairbanks (1907)
"Demeter (Ceres) the Goddess of Agriculture. ... Demeter Chloe watched over the
young green which spread over the fields as spring began. ..."
7. Studies of the Gods in Greece at Certain Sanctuaries Recently Excavated by Louis Dyer (1891)
"Ajax defied all who were mortal and ate of the fruits of Demeter, all whom a
spear-thrust could pierce or a rock could crush and maim.2 The ..."
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