Carpophorus

American  

[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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Example Sentences

Is the God whose name is known To Daria, the same God Whom Carpophorus adored?

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

Yonder is the secret cavern Of Carpophorus, at its entrance See him seated with another Reading.

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

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

He had been a slave of a rich Christian, Carpophorus.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 06, April, 1858 by Various

Art sure thou knowest In this mountain the well-hidden Cave wherein Carpophorus dwelleth?

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