Demeter Accomplishments

In contrast to the father, the mother had a connection with their children, often leading to an overthrow of the husband. This materialistic love is easily shown in the myth of Demeter and Persephone. “ The joy of Demeter’s eternal lifetime was her daughter, Persephone, whom she had borne to Zeus “ ( Rosenberg Demeter 94). After Persephone was taken away, Demeter became infuriated and even “ withdrew her life sustaining powers,.. she broke the plows, killed oxen, and caused the earth to shrivel” ( Rosenberg Demeter 96). Seen from Demeter’s reaction to the situation, the bond between mother and child was very strong compared to that of the father. When Persephone returns, she takes comfort in her mother rather than her father. Children usually took the mother’s side and went against their father’s will. In the creation myth of the Greeks, there were two generations in which the mother wanted to protect her children from the grasps of the father. Gaea was afraid of what Uranus would do to their fearful children, and sought to protect them ( Rosenberg Creation 86). The wives of Cronus and Uranus both schemed the overthrow of their husbands,

Goddess of agriculture, fertility, sacred law, and harvest. It was believed that Demeter made crops grow each year, thus the first loaf of bread that was made from the annual harvest was offered to her. Demeter

Chelsea started the discussion off with a quick summary of Foley’s essay. She mostly wrote about the main points, like “Demeter’s role in the Olympian struggle for cosmological power” and how Demeter’s role differs from Zeus’s role in the hymn. She also addresses the question saying that Demeter’s role in the Homeric Hymn to Demeter was the rebel because, despite Zeus wanting the gods and humans to be separate, Demeter shows that the gods and humans are “permanently connected.” She went on to say that Demeter’s reliance on humans during the hymn mirrored the gods reliance on humans and their sacrifices to the gods.

The role of the goddess is one of a supernatural being, but more importantly one in a position to pity and help mortals. Athena, the goddess of wisdom, is the most prominent example of the role; in the very beginning of the story she is seen making a plea for Odysseus' return home, and throughout the first half of the book she assists him in his journey. She is the driving force behind arranging

The Homeric Hymn to Demeter tells the story of Demeter, the goddess of fertility of grain. Demeter has a daughter with Zeus by the name of Persephone. The hymn explains the strong bond between Demeter and Persephone and how distraught Demeter is when her daughter is abducted. This traumatic event causes Demeter to live among mortal men disguised as an old woman and withdraw the fertility of the earth. In this paper, I will examine how the Homeric Hymn to Demeter operates as a charter myth, or narrative that explains modern practices, and how successful the hymn is in conveying the modern practice.

Tilepatheia is the goddess of poetry and telepathy. She is the daughter of Apollo and Calliope. Apollo taught Tilepatheia how to fight and also helped her with her poetry. She is very brave, intelligent, helpful, and she never gives up. Although she doesn’t believe in herself, she still fights for what she believes in. Tilepatheia has one true friend: Chaothinia. Chaothinia the goddess of chaos and destruction. She is the daughter of Zeus and Demeter. She has some traits in common with Tilepatheia, however, some are still different. She achieves her goals, no matter how hard, she stands for what she believes in, she is nice but only when she’s calm, and she never gives up. Both have many negative traits that prevent them from accomplishing their goals. Chaothinia destroys things, and sometimes people, that get in her way she’s vengeful, dangerous to be around when angered and short-tempered. Tilepatheia lies to protect people’s feelings, she’s short-tempered, doesn’t believe in herself, and she relies on what others think of her.

She symbolized corn, grain and the harvest. Some myths have it that demeter made the corn grow each year. Since she could do that people associated her with the seasons. Persephone ,her daughter was abducted by Hades to be his wife in the underworld. And due to Demeter being angry she put a curse on the world that caused plants to wither and die.

Hecate, was the daughter of both Perses and Asteria who were Titans. Perses (her father) name when translated means “destroyer”, while on the other hand Asteria (her mother) name when translated means “the starry one”. With the strength, knowledge and power given to her by both parents, Hecate was finally born. She was given the strength, power and control over the sea, heaven and earth. A picture of Hecate can be seen as having three bodies while holding a torch in one of her hands. Her name was originally translated to mean the goddess of the moon. She grew up to be a beautiful young woman who was known for being helpful with decision making for those around her. An example of this is was during a story she was featured in, helping Demeter (also known as the goddess of harvest and fertility) to look for her daughter, Persephone

As the myth goes, Demeter, the goddess of harvest, had a daughter named Persephone with the greek god Zeus (“Persephone”). Originally their daughter was called Kore, meaning Beautiful Maiden (“The Original Persephone”). She was so beautiful that it caught the attention of many gods, including Hades himself. This was a problem for Demeter, since she wanted to keep all men away from

Demeter was one of many goddesses of Olympia. She was the goddess of corn, grain, and harvest and was a daughter of Cronus and Rhea. She had much importance to Greek mythology as she was also known as the goddess of the earth.

Even though she was a women she was strong and skilled. Even though she did not fight greeks were still astonished by how strong she was. Lots of greeks honored Athena, made temples for her. She influenced lives by, Athena also was goddess who taught and encouraged the household arts. The arts where spinning, weaving and cooking, women were influenced by the households of arts.This would encourage women to learn more rather than just taking care of the children and cleaning. Athena was a strong impact on many people because she was not only the goddess of war but she also embodied the spirit of truth and divine wisdom. Another way Athena influenced lives was, In making an olive tree grow. This was a great gift and Athenians choose goddess Athena. Not only did she Influence Greeks lives but she also influence others lives. That is what's so special about Athena, people saw how great of a goddess she was and people looked up to her. Another example of Athena is when she helped Hermes defeat Medusa.Although she did not fight but she gave Hermes her polished shield, which would help him not get turned into stone, she also guided Hermes hand while he cut Medusa's head off with his sword. In this story Athena does show strength because she helped Hermes defeat Medusa. Her acts of strength inspire others to have strength too. Without Athena's help Hermes would not have the strength or confidence to defeat Medusa. Those are some

Look upon the fruit of your labours and see how the people rejoice that spring has come once again.” Demeter announced harmoniously. Persephone smiled because she knew it was what her mother wanted to see. Demeter had a horrible habit of denying the things that she didn’t like or understand. Persephone allowed her delusions because she wanted to make her mother happy for the short time that she was able to. She wished that her mother would move on and find something or someone else to make her happy but she could never let go of the past. Hades had done everything to make the transition easier but Demeter was a greedy woman and constantly battled the decision that Persephone had made.

Hera was a goddess that was envied but also very cruel. She was very beautiful and powerful, but looks and power aren't everything. Hera would seek revenge after the

Demeter has a lot of physical features and symbols. Demeter has a torch to protect herself, but she doesn’t use it to hurt innocent people. Demeter object that she uses to represent herself is a sheaf of wheat. The animals that represent her are a, serpents, pig or swine, spotted lizard or gecko, crane, and screech owl. Demeter has different physical characteristics. She’s always wearing a crown, dresses in finery, she always carries a fruit basket, and she has curly hair, and has black eye shadow under her eye. To all up, Demeter has lots of cool powers and lots of physical

“She took a vow to remain a virgin, refusing to give into the callings of Poseidon and Apollo; once,she was almost raped by Priapus, a lesser god of fertility, but was saved thanks to a braying of a mule”.She was not that worshipped publicly and which is evident by some of the lack of temples and shrines attributed to her or this comes in contrast to the Roman equivalent goddess Vesta and who represented public hearth cause she kinda needed to be worshipped because she was a god. She is the goddess of the Olympian generation and she is also the daughter of Cronus and Rhea and sister to Poseidon, Hades,