As the goddess of agriculture, Demeter spent her time not on Mount Olympus but wandering farms and fields. She had one child with Zeus, a wheaten-haired goddess known as Kore, or “the girl ...

The ancient Greek word for “mother” [meter] is actually embedded in Demeter’s name. The Hymn describes the primordial maternal power brought to bear upon the male sky-god Zeus, who had ...

When Demeter found out that Hades had seized her daughter she became very sad and stopped caring about the harvest. All the plants began to wither and die. Zeus, chief of the gods, promised ...

Demeter, sister of Zeus and one of the most powerful of the gods, lost her daughter Persephone. While searching for her, she took the form of an old homeless woman in the polis of Eleusis near Athens.

Natalie tells the powerful and painful story of Demeter's fight to get justice for her daughter Persephone. Hades conspires with his siblings Zeus and Gaia to abduct Persephone and force her to ...