She was Zeus's sister, and like Athena and Artemis a virgin goddess. She has no distinct personality and she plays no part in the myths. She was the Goddess of the Hearth, the symbol of the home, around which the newborn child must be carried before it could be received into the family. Every meal began and ended with an offering to her.
--Edith Hamilton (36)
Hestia: p. 36
Demeter/Ceres
Demeter, in Latin Ceres, the Goddess of the Corn, a daughter of Cronus and Rhea.
--Edith Hamilton (48)
Demeter: p.p. 51-55
cf: The Two Great Gods of Earth: p.p. 48-50
Ivan Tung:
ReplyDeleteQ1. Who three are virgin goddess?
A: A.H.A' Athena, Hestia, and Artemis.
Q2. What is Demeter's daughter name?
A: She name is Persephone.
Q3. Zeus told who to go down to the underworld and to bid the lord of it let his bride go back to Demeter?
A: Zeus told Hermes go.
Anonymous said...
ReplyDeleteDEMETER (CERES),
Kimberly Kwan,
Q1: How many days Demeter wandered and all that time she would not taste of ambrosia or put sweet nectar to her lips?
A: Nine days.
Q2: Who bade four lovely maidens, sisters, coming to draw water from the well, return at once, and invite the stranger to come?
A: Their mother, Metaneira.
Q3: Demeter left Olympus, she dwelt on earth, in her desolate wandering and sat by the wayside near a well. Demeter came to who?
A: Demeter came to Eleusis.
Kimberly Kwan,
ReplyDeleteDIONYSUS OR BACCHUS,
THE TWO GREAT GODS OF EARTH,
Q1: Who was the last god to enter Olympus?
A1: He was Dionysus.
Q2: Who was the most unfortunate woman of all those Zeus fell in love with, and in her case too the reason was Hera?
A2: She was Semele.
Q3: Where was Dionysus own city, that he was born?
A3: It was Thebes.