Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The goddess of the harvest, daughter of Rhea and Cronus and mother of Persephone.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In anc. Gr. myth., the goddess of vegetation and of useful fruits, protectress of social order and of marriage; one of the great Olympian deities.
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- proper noun Greek mythology The goddess of the fertility of the
Earth andharvests , protector of marriage and social order; daughter ofCronos andRhea , mother toPersephone
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (Greek mythology) goddess of fertility and protector of marriage in ancient mythology; counterpart of Roman Ceres
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Demeter is this year's ripe crop and Persephone, the seed-corn taken from the parent.
Donna Henes: Harvesting Mother Earth's Gifts of Life Donna Henes 2010
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Demeter is this year's ripe crop and Persephone, the seed-corn taken from the parent.
Donna Henes: Harvesting Mother Earth's Gifts of Life Donna Henes 2010
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Demeter is this year's ripe crop and Persephone, the seed-corn taken from the parent.
Donna Henes: Harvesting Mother Earth's Gifts of Life Donna Henes 2010
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Demeter is the sister of zeus closely linked with gaia and she is also known as mother earth! holy frak!!
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What we do know as fact is that the Demeter was the name of the ship that went to Whitby in the novel pictured above and it was the cargo ship that allowed the vampire to arrive in England where he killed off all the crew as the ship crashed into the rocks at Whitby.
Marcus Nispel tackling Dracula’s LAST VOYAGE! | Obsessed With Film 2009
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This priest, they say, with his eyes bound up is led by two wolves to the temple of Demeter, which is distant from the city twenty furlongs, and then afterwards the wolves lead him back again from the temple to the same spot.
The History of Herodotus Herodotus 2003
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This priest, they say, with his eyes bound up is led by two wolves to the temple of Demeter, which is distant from the city twenty furlongs, and then afterwards the wolves lead him back again from the temple to the same spot.
An Account of Egypt: Being the Second Book of His Histories Called Euterpe. Paras. 40-59 Herodotus 1909
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This priest, they say, with his eyes bound up is led by two wolves to the temple of Demeter, which is distant from the city twenty furlongs, and then afterwards the wolves lead him back again from the temple to the same spot.
The history of Herodotus — Volume 1 480? BC-420? BC Herodotus 1883
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This priest, they say, with his eyes bound up is led by two wolves to the temple of Demeter, which is distant from the city twenty furlongs, and then afterwards the wolves lead him back again from the temple to the same spot.
An Account of Egypt 480? BC-420? BC Herodotus 1883
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Then Daphne raised her face to his, asking, "So the Demeter is the work of Myrtilus?"
Arachne — Volume 07 Georg Ebers 1867
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