Deeds of Demeter

In ancient Greek mythology and religion, Persephone ( ; , classical pronunciation: ), also called Kore () or Cora, is the daughter of Zeus and Demeter. She became the queen of the underworld after her abduction by her uncle Hades, the king of the underworld, who later took her into marriage. The myth of her abduction, her sojourn in the underworld, and her cyclical return to the surface represents her functions as the embodiment of spring and the personification of vegetation, especially grain crops, which disappear into the earth when sown, remain hidden for a period, sprout from the earth, a

female Titan in Greek mythology, mother of Zeus and mother of Hera

creatures half bird and half woman who lured sailors by the sweetness of her song

Giants from Greek myth

thumb|Roman mosaic with Pelops and Hippodamia, kept in the D. Diogo de Sousa Museum in Braga, Portugal.

Triptolemus (), also known as Buzyges (), was a hero of Eleusis in Greek mythology, central to the Eleusinian Mysteries and is worshipped as the inventor and patron of agriculture. Triptolemus is credited with being the first to sow seed for cultivation after being taught by Demeter and is credited for the use of oxen and the plough. Xenophon claims that Peloponnesus was the first place Triptolemus shared Demeter's agricultural gift while Pausanias claims the Rharium plane near Eleusis was the first place to be sown for crops.

son of Triopas in Greek mythology

In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Zagreus () was a god sometimes identified with an Orphic Dionysus who was dismembered by the Titans and reborn. In the earliest mention of Zagreus, he is paired with Gaia and called the "highest" god, though perhaps only in reference to the gods of the underworld. Aeschylus, however, links Zagreus with Hades, possibly as Hades' son, or as Hades himself. Noting "Hades' identity as Zeus' katachthonios alter ego", Timothy Gantz postulated that Zagreus, originally the son of Hades and Persephone, later merged with the Orphic Dionysus, the son of Zeus and Pe

thumb|right|280px|Demeter and Metanira, detail of an Apulian red-figure [[hydria, Antikensammlung Berlin (1984.46)]]

In ancient Greek religion and Greek mythology, Minthe or Mintha () is an underworld naiad associated with the river Cocytus. She was beloved by and mistress to Hades, the king of the underworld, but she was transformed into a mint plant by either his wife Persephone or her mother Demeter. The plant was also called by some as hedyosmos (), which means "sweet-smelling".

thumb|270px|The daughters of Pandareus by Henry Fuseli, .

Eleusinian prince in Greek mythology

mythological Greek character, deity of the underground

thumb|244px|A Baubo Greek terracotta figurines|terracotta figurine of the Priene type, holding a [[lyre. From Priene, Anatolia.]]

In Greek mythology, Macris ( a reference to the elongated shape of Euboea) also called Nysa (), is a daughter of Aristaeus who reared the goddess Hera in her youth, before incurring the wrath of the goddess and being banished by her.

Iambe (Ancient Greek: Ἰάμβη means 'banter'), in Greek mythology, was a Thracian woman, daughter of Pan and Echo, granddaughter of Hermes, and a servant of Metaneira, the wife of Hippothoon. Others call her a slave of Celeus, king of Eleusis.

thumb|280px|Demeter transforms Lyncus into a lynx

Ascalabus (Ancient Greek: Ἀσκάλαβος), in Greek mythology, was a son of Misme.

In Greek mythology, Charnabon (Ancient Greek "Χαρναβών", gen. "Χαρναβώντος") was a king of the Getae, mentioned in Sophocles' tragedy Triptolemos as ruling the Getae, without a precise geographical location of his kingdom.

group of Greek mythical characters

myth in Greek mythology

In Greek mythology, Phytalus (Ancient Greek: Φύταλος, Phútalos) was a hero and king of Attica who gave Demeter hospitality when she was searching for her daughter, Persephone. Demeter thanked Phytalus for his kindness by giving him a fig-tree. He was revered in Eleusis. His tomb was shown in the deme Lakidai near Cephisus.

The ancient Greek word '''' () means "burning", "blazing" or "shining." Less strictly, it can denote the colour red-brown, or "tawny." It is an epithet sometimes applied to animals such as horses at Hom. Il. 2.839; oxen at Od.18.372; and an eagle at Il''. 15.690 (cf. Hyginus' calling Aëtos, the eagle that tormented Prometheus, an aethonem aquilam at Fabulae 31.5.). In English, aithōn may be written Aethon, Aithon or Ethon. In Greek and Roman mythology there are a number of characters known as Aethon. Most are horses, variously belonging to:

In Greek mythology, the name Chthonia () may refer to:

In Greek mythology, Triopas () or Triops (; ) was the name of several characters whose relations are unclear.