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Demeter
Demeter, daughter of Cronus and Rhea
- swallowed by Cronus: Apollod. 1.1.5
- legend of: Apollod. 1.5.3
- mother of Artemis: Paus. 8.37.6
- in the form of a mare is enjoyed by Poseidon in the form of a horse: Paus. 8.25.5
- mother of the Mistress (Proserpine) by Poseidon: Paus. 8.42.1 ff.
- calls back her daughter: Paus. 1.43.2
- mourns for Proserpine: Paus. 8.42.2
- searches for Persephone: Apollod. 1.4.5
- received by Celeus at Eleusis: Apollod. 1.5.1, Apollod. 3.14.6
- seeks to make the child of Celeus immortal: Apollod. 1.5.1, Apollod. 1.5.2
- entertained by Pelasgus at Argos: Paus. 1.14.2, by Phytalus: Paus. 1.37.2, by Mysius and Athera: Paus. 2.18.3, Paus. 2.35.4, and by Trisaules and Damithales: Paus. 8.15.4
- gives wheat and a winged chariot to Triptolemus: Apollod. 1.5.2; Paus. 1.14.3
- gives fig-tree to Phytalus: Paus. 1.37.2
- gives all kinds of pulse except beans to Pheneatians: Paus. 8.15.3
- nurses Triptolemus: Paus. 1.39.1
- nurses Orthopolis, son of Plemnaeus: Paus. 2.5.8
- slays Pyrrhus: Paus. 1.13.8
- punishes Ascalaphus: Apollod. 1.5.3
- turns Ascalaphus into an owl: Apollod. 2.5.12
- in the likeness of a Fury, consorts with Poseidon and gives birth to horse Arion: Apollod. 3.6.8
- loved by Iasion: Apollod. 3.11.2
- worshipped at Eleusis in Attica: Hdt. 6.75, Hdt. 8.65
- altars of: Paus. 1.31.4, Paus. 6.23.3, Paus. 8.37.2
- basket (cista), Paus. 8.25.7
- beans not discovered by: Paus. 1.37.4
- boxes of: Paus. 10.28.3
- cave: Paus. 8.42.1 ff., 11-13
- groves: Paus. 8.10.1, Paus. 8.36.6, Paus. 9.8.1, Paus. 9.25.5
- halls (megara), Paus. 1.39.5, Paus. 1.40.6, Paus. 3.25.9, Paus. 110.8.1
- Homer's hymn to: Paus. 2.14.3, Paus. 4.30.4
- Musaeus's hymn to: Paus. 1.22.7, Paus. 4.1.5
- mask of D. worn by priest at mysteries: Paus. 8.15.3
- mysteries of D. at Celeae near Phlius: Paus. 2.12.5, Paus. 2.14.1, at Eleusis: Paus. 1.37.4, Paus. 2.14.1, Paus. 8.15.1, at Hermion: Paus. 2.34.10, at Lerna: Paus. 2.36.7, at Pheneus: Paus. 8.15.1-4
- in Thasos: Paus. 10.28.3
- mysteries taught by D. to Triptolemus, Diocles, Eumolpus, and Celeus: Paus. 2.14.3, and to the Cabiri: Paus. 9.25.6
- perpetual fire in sanctuary of: Paus. 8.9.2
- priestess of: Paus. 4.17.1
- priestess of D. witnesses Olympic games: Paus. 6.20.9
- D. represented as woman with head of horse: Paus. 8.42.4
- salt streams sacred to: Paus. 1.38.1
- torch of: Paus. 8.25.7, Paus. 8.37.3
- Titles-Black: Paus. 8.5.8, Paus. 8.42.2-4
- Cabirian: Paus. 9.25.5
- Chamyne: Paus. 6.20.9, Paus. 6.21.1
- Chthonia ('Subterranean'): Paus. 2.35.4-8, Paus. 3.14.5
- Cidaria: Paus. 8.15.3
- in Corythenses: Paus. 8.54.5
- Deo: Paus. 8.42.6
- Eleusinian: Paus. 3.20.5, 7, Paus. 8.15.1, Paus. 8.25.3, Paus. 8.29.5, Paus. 9.4.3
- Europa: Paus. 9.39.4, 5
- Fruitbearer: Paus. 8.53.7
- Fury: Paus. 8.25.4-7
- Green: Paus. 1.22.3
- Lawgiver: Paus. 1.31.1, Paus. 1.42.6, Paus. 2.32.8, Paus. 9.6.5, Paus. 9.16.5, Paus. 10.33.12
- Lernaean: Paus. 2.36.7
- Lusia: Paus. 8.25.6, 7
- in Marsh: Paus. 8.36.6
- Melophorian: Paus. 1.44.3
- Mycalesian: Paus. 9.19.5, 6
- Mysian: Paus. 2.18.3, Paus. 7.27.9
- Panachaean: Paus. 7.24.3
- Pelasgian: Paus. 2.22.1
- Prosymne: Paus. 2.37.1
- Protecting: Paus. 2.11.3
- Sender up of gifts: Paus. 1.31.4
- Stirian: Paus. 10.35.10
- Subterranean: Paus. 2.35.5, Paus. 3.14.5
- Thesmia: Paus. 8.15.4
- Warmth: Paus. 2.34.6, 12
- Temples and Sanctuaries-Paus. 1.1.4, Paus. 1.2.4, Paus. 1.13.8, Paus. 1.14.1, Paus. 1.22.3, Paus. 1.31.1, Paus. 1.37.2, Paus. 1.39.5, Paus. 1.40.6, Paus. 1.42.6, Paus. 1.44.3, Paus. 2.4.7, Paus. 2.11.2, 3, Paus. 2.13.5, Paus. 2.18.3, Paus. 2.21.4, Paus. 2.22.1, Paus. 2.32.8, Paus. 2.34.6, 12, Paus. 2.35.4-8, Paus. 2.36.3, Paus. 3.14.5, Paus. 3.20.5, 7, Paus. 3.21.8, Paus. 4.17.1, Paus. 4.31.9, Paus. 5.5.6, Paus. 6.21.1, Paus. 7.21.11, Paus. 7.24.3, Paus. 7.25.9, Paus. 7.27.9, Paus. 8.8.1, Paus. 8.9.2, Paus. 8.15.1, 4, Paus. 8.21.3, Paus. 8.25.3, 4-7, Paus. 8.29.5, Paus. 8.35.7, Paus. 8.36.6, Paus. 8.53.7, Paus. 8.54.5, Paus. 9.4.3, 4, Paus. 9.6.5, Paus. 9.16.5, Paus. 9.19.5, 6, Paus. 9.22.5, Paus. 9.24.2, Paus. 9.39.4, Paus. 10.33.12, Paus. 10.35.2, 10
- Images-Paus. 1.2.4, Paus. 2.11.3, Paus. 2.13.5, Paus. 2.18.3, Paus. 2.35.8, Paus. 2.36.3, Paus. 2.37.1, Paus. 3.19.4, Paus. 5.17.3, Paus. 6.21.2, Paus. 7.21.11, Paus. 7.25.9, Paus. 8.5.8, Paus. 8.25.3, 6, 7, Paus. 8.31.5, Paus. 8.35.2, Paus. 8.37.3, Paus. 9.4.4, Paus. 9.16.5, Paus. 9.19.5, Paus. 9.22.5, Paus. 9.39.5, Paus. 10.33.12, Paus. 10.35.10
- other places of her cult: Hdt. 2.171, Hdt. 4.53, Hdt. 5.61, Hdt. 6.91, Hdt. 6.134, Hdt. 7.200, Hdt. 9.57, Hdt. 9.63, Hdt. 9.65, Hdt. 9.69, Hdt. 9.101
- identified with the Egyptian Isis: Hdt. 2.122, Hdt. 2.156; Apollod. 2.1.3
