Definitions for Demeter

Demeter De·me·ter

Spelling: [dih-mee-ter]
IPA: /dɪˈmi tər/

Demeter is a 7 letter English word.

You can make 94 anagrams from letters in Demeter (deeemrt).

Definitions for Demeter

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.

Examples for Demeter

This happened to Dionysus and it may have happened to Demeter also.

No comfort did the words of the Sun God bring to the longing soul of Demeter.

Ceremonies at Eleusis, in honour of Demeter, observed with great secrecy.

It is not difficult to discover the meaning of the myth of Demeter and Persephone.

Very terrible was the sorrow of Demeter when she was told that her child was lost.

Then, in truth, it was too late for Demeter to save her child.

Yet when Demeter had braved all the shadows of Hades, only in part was her end accomplished.

The Eleusinian temples had been erected in honour of the goddess Demeter.

Demeter transformed Ascalaphus into an owl for revealing the secret.

Demeter (from Ge-meter, earth-mother) was the daughter of Cronus and Rhea.

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