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From [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] [[mythology]], (Roman name: '''Ceres''') is one of the five siblings of [[Zeus]]; she is the [[Greek god|goddess} of [[grain]] and [[agriculture]] who goes on a quest to find her missing [[daughter]] [[Persephone]] who was [[kidnapped]] by [[Hades]] and taken to the [[underworld]], which is recounted in the [[Homeric Hymn to Demeter]]. The [[Eleusinian Mysteries]] were held in her honor. Source: [[Elizabeth Vandiver]], [[Classics]] [[scholarship|scholar]], authority on Greek mythology and [[Greek tragedy]], including the ''[[Iliad]]'', ''[[Odyssey]]'', ''[[Aeneid]]'', [[Homer]], and [[Virgil]]. This definition is based on her course ''Classical Mythology'' for [[The Teaching Company]].
From [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] [[mythology]], (Roman name: '''Ceres''') is one of the five siblings of [[Zeus]]; she is the [[Greek god|goddess} of [[grain]] and [[agriculture]] who goes on a quest to find her missing [[daughter]] [[Persephone]] who was [[kidnapped]] by [[Hades]] and taken to the [[underworld]], which is recounted in the [[Homeric Hymn to Demeter]]. The [[Eleusinian Mysteries]] were held in her honor.

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Demeter [r]: From Greek mythology, (Roman name: Ceres) is one of the five siblings of Zeus; she is the [[Greek god|goddess} of grain and agriculture who goes on a quest to find her missing daughter Persephone who was kidnapped by Hades and taken to the underworld, which is recounted in the Homeric Hymn to Demeter. The Eleusinian Mysteries were held in her honor.