CLAS104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Thesmophoria, Pomegranate, Homeric Hymns
12 Sep 2016
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Meter": means mother - de": earth or da": barley. To tame" or tamer of the earth" multiple understandings of her name but no evidence; but mother" role seen in various forms. Latin name; ceres goddess of corn and wheat controls vegetation and growth of cops very important deity in greek world. Not in charge of reproduction of men or animals (that"s aphrodite"s role) she"s in charge of sustenance. Referred to as: the two goddess or two demeters (so frequently paired) Persephone; daughter of demeter and zeus; kore in eleusis (the young one) Damu descends to the underworld; duttur searched for him; she decides to go to the underworld herself for him to be released she returns him to the living and vegetation is stressed. Demeter also unaware her child is in the underworld; she wanders the earth. Differences: we don"t see demeter go to the underworld and recover persephone; instead she bargains with.
