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Demeter   /dɪmˈitər/   Listen
Demeter

noun
1.
(Greek mythology) goddess of fertility and protector of marriage in ancient mythology; counterpart of Roman Ceres.





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"Demeter" Quotes from Famous Books



... at Bassae,[15] in Arcadia (designed by Ictinus). Temple of Apollo Epicurius, at Phigaleia, in Arcadia (built by Ictinus). Temple of Athena, on the rock of Sunium, in Attica. Temple of Nemesis, at Rhamnus, in Attica. Temple of Demeter ...
— Architecture - Classic and Early Christian • Thomas Roger Smith
... said he, "the voice of Demeter speaking from the earth," and he also bowed deeply to the mother of ...
— The Crock of Gold • James Stephens
... plough the ocean. The barren sea! In the Greek poets you may find constant reference to it as that which could not be reaped or sowed. Ulysses, to betoken his madness, took his plough down to the shore and drew furrows in the sand—the sea that even Demeter, great goddess, could not sow nor bring to any fruition. Yet now the ocean is our wheat-field and ships are our barns. The sea-gull should be painted on the village tavern sign instead of ...
— Field and Hedgerow • Richard Jefferies


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