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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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... called Demeter by the Greeks, was the goddess of agriculture. She was pictured by the ancients holding a torch and sheaf of corn, a basket filled with flowers at her side, and a garland of wheat ears interwoven in her hair. Her festival fell on the 19th of April, the beginning of ...
— Harper's Young People, April 13, 1880 - An Illustrated Weekly • Various


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