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Demeter, statue, mid-4th century BC; in the British Museum, London © Magryt/Dreamstime.com
The goddess Demeter (Roman Ceres) stands holding a sheaf of wheat (or fillets) in one hand and cornucopia (horn of plenty) brimming with fruit in the other. She is crowned with a wreath of fruit.
Demeter, Athenian red-figure volute krater C5th B.C., Badisches Landesmuseum

Demeter

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Homeros destanlarında "güzel saçlı kraliçe", "güzel örgülü Demeter" diye anılan toprak ve bereket tanrıçası Demeter (adını "Ge-meter" toprak ana olarak açıklayanlar vardır) Hesiodos'a göre Kronos'la Rheia'nın kızı, ikinci tanrı kuşagındandır. Rheia'nın ilk kızı Hestia'dan hemen sonra doğmuştur.

AZRA ERHAT, MITOLOJI SÖZLÜĞÜ, İSTANBUL, 1996

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