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Carpophorus

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[kahr-pof-er-uhs] / kɑrˈpɒf ər əs /

noun

Classical Mythology.
  1. an epithet of both Demeter and her daughter, Persephone, meaning “fruit-bearer.”


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We Carpophorus arrested, And with him this other Christian; Both we held here bound and fettered, When from out our hands he vanished.

From The Two Lovers of Heaven: Chrysanthus and Daria A Drama of Early Christian Rome by MacCarthy, Denis Florence

Only this, if it be so, That Daria He defends, But the poor Carpophorus, no.

From The Two Lovers of Heaven: Chrysanthus and Daria A Drama of Early Christian Rome by MacCarthy, Denis Florence

Which of these dark caves is that In whose gloom Carpophorus dwelleth?

From The Two Lovers of Heaven: Chrysanthus and Daria A Drama of Early Christian Rome by MacCarthy, Denis Florence

No, my eyes do not deceive, 'T is Carpophorus that I see!

From The Two Lovers of Heaven: Chrysanthus and Daria A Drama of Early Christian Rome by MacCarthy, Denis Florence

When Carpophorus, by whom he was now suspected of embezzlement, determined to call him to account, Callistus fled to Portus—in the hope of escaping by sea to some other country.

From The Ancient Church Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution by Killen, W. D. (William Dool)