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[edit] Auxesia.

As Auxesia, she was the goddess of growth. I suppose someone's just fooling around with this. Auxo is one of the Horae. Any reference in literature to Auxesia? Wetman 05:54, 14 Apr 2004 (UTC)

The Encyclopedia Mythica mentions it as an epithet, but doesn't cite a source. Godchecker makes the same claim. Some other non-authoritative sources also mention it. Tuf-Kat 08:00, Apr 14, 2004 (UTC)

LISA CAMARILLO ROCKS YO.... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.78.191.99 (talk) 21:33, 1 May 2008 (UTC)


Let me place this snip here, until we can get a classical reference for either of these names, now that we have so many genuine epithets to be working on in the entry: She was sometimes referred to with the names Damia or Auxesia, as the goddess of growth. Wetman 06:33, 22 Apr 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Hera/Elara.

" Hera was also an alternate name for Elara, a moon of Jupiter." Was the moon ever published under this "alternative" name? (An April 1 edit) --Wetman 00:07, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Disagreement paragraph.

I have cleaned the paragraph Disagreement:

Reasons: the etymology of Demeter (sometimes called Deo Mater) is normally known, *dheghom *mater in indo-european meaning "mother-earth". An albanian equivalent exists: Dhe Motë. Demeter is not etymologically linked with Zeus whose name directly comes from the indo-european *dyeus, "daily sky" and the name of the indo-european god of the skies. --83.203.183.147 21:59, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Children

How many children other than Persephone did Demeter have? Just wondering. Pope Arnold 22:56, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

Persephone, her own young self; with Poseidon in her archaic mare aspect, Chrysaor and Pegasus (an archaic remnant of myth); see Iachus, a doublet of Dionysus; see also Iasion, her consort in Crete, another archaic mytheme. Not Triptolemos, the grain boy of the Eleusinian mysteries. --Wetman 09:21, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 4 seasons.

It says that Persephone returns to the underworld for 6 months. Isn't it 4 months? --Nirvalex9 20:24, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

Yes, the dead season. The Greek calendar divided the year in three seasons, not four. --Wetman 09:09, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Seeds.

Number of seeds- the Persephone entry says 4. This one says 3 or 6.

The number varies in the sources. --Wetman 09:09, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Etymology

Notwithstanding 83.203.183.147's original research above, the etymology as "earth-mother" has not convinced people like John Chadwick (See The Mycenaean World, p. 87.) We should not present it here as fact, and certainly not in the intro.

Also, what is the reference for the occurence of this name in the Linear B tablets, and for the etymology associating her with distribution? (On its face more plausible than "earth-mother" but we still need a ref.) TCC (talk) (contribs) 01:46, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

I though that Persephone was her daughter by Zeus and that Despoina was her daughter by Poseidon. T@nn 09:57, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Demeter godess of harvesting.

Demeter also known as Ceres to the romans Demeter is the top Earth's godess of crops, agricolture, harvestng and fertility. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 151.25.72.9 (talk) 09:00, 4 February 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Daughter of.

Demeter was the daughter of Cronus and Rhea. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 151.25.72.9 (talk) 09:02, 4 February 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Mediterranean Winter

"But for four months each year, when Persephone returned to the underworld, the earth once again became a barren realm. The four months when the earth is barren is the season of winter, since in Greece this is when all vegetation dies. Summer, autumn, and spring by comparison have heavy rainfall and mild temperatures in which plant life flourishes."

Greece has a Mediterranean climate. According to the Wikipedia article "Climate of Greece" this means that winter is the wettest time of the year. How can the earth then be barren during this time? The climatological facts of Greece do not support this myth as a charter myth(origin of the seasons in this case).

--Psycherry 06:27, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The last 100 edits

The last 100 edits produced this result. Semi-protection during the school year would save lots of adult time. --Wetman (talk) 00:51, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

I agree. The Cat and the Owl (talk) 09:08, 16 March 2008 (UTC)