Homeric hymn to Demeter o2 major themes: explanation for the seasons, Eleusinian mysteries oDaughter is Persephone oFather of Persephone is zeus hades is her uncle ohades asks zeus for Persephone to be his wife ostays in the underworld, job is to keep the dead in there oPersephone is picking flowers when hades shows up and picks her up oPersephone doesn’t return that night, Demeter asks where she is but no one knows zeus hasn’t said anything about it she finds out from Hecate, goddess of graveyards, and Helios, god of the sun both don’t dine with the gods, Hecate heard persephone’s screams and Helios saw it happen oDemeter mad because no one asks here for her input on the marriage oShe leaves mt. Olympus and goes to Eleusis in the disguise of an old woman oTwo young girls approach, daughters of king and queen, they say there mother is looking for a nanny Demeter follows them to the palace oDemeter burns Demophoon’s mortality away Mother screams, Demeter drops the baby and his mortality ceases to be burned away oDemeter tells her to build a site so she can establish a ritual oDemeter ceases fertility on mother earth’s surface oNo more sacrifices, harvests, god’s must make agreement with Demeter to get daughter back They tell hades to give her up Hades says okay, gives Persephone a pomegranate seed oHermes brigns her back, but Persephone says she ate the seed
She must stay in Hades for part of the year oPersephone with Hades for 4 months of the year, then back with her mother for 8 months Hermes – god of lies, treachery, thievery oMaya, his mother Minor goddess oJumps out of his crib and grabs a tortoise, and uses its shell to make a lyre when he’s born oSteals cattle from Apollo oTried to deceive Apollo by walking the cattle backwards oThey reconcile in the end, Apollo gets the lyre Apollo oLyre created by Apollo, continuation error from hermes oSister artemis o
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