Demeter

[ dih-mee-ter ]

noun

1. the ancient Greek chthonian goddess of agriculture and the protector of marriage and the social order, identified by the Romans with Ceres. She presided over the Eleusinian mysteries.

Demeter

/ dɪˈmiːtə /

noun

1. Greek myth the goddess of agricultural fertility and protector of marriage and women Roman counterpartCeres

Demeter

1. The Greek and Roman goddess of grain, agriculture, and the harvest. The story of Demeter and her daughter, Persephone, explains the cycle of the seasons. When Persephone was carried off to the underworld by Hades , Demeter was so forlorn that she did not tend the crops, and the first winter came to the Earth . Eventually Zeus allowed Persephone to rejoin her mother for two-thirds of every year, and thus the cycle of the seasons began.

Example Sentences

It could just have as easily been Demeter, the Greek goddess of agriculture.

From Los Angeles Times

Demeter has a daughter, Persephone, who has to go to the underworld for six months.

From Scientific American

Szilard Demeter, the director of the Petofi Literary Museum, said that "inhumane dictatorships will still be inhumane and dictatorships, even if someone starts to portray them in a positive light."

From BBC

Soon after the arrival of the Demeter in Dracula, he wrote “Mr. Swales was found dead… his neck being broken.”

From National Geographic

You may get a “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem” in there early on, but otherwise, it’s “The Last Voyage of the Demeter” or “Meg 2.”

From Seattle Times