Demeter/Definition

From Greek mythology, (Roman name: Ceres) is one of the five siblings of Zeus; she is the goddess} of [[grain and agriculture who goes on a quest to find her missing daughter Persephone who was kidnapped by Hades and taken to the underworld, which is recounted in the Homeric Hymn to Demeter. The Eleusinian Mysteries were held in her honor. Source: Elizabeth Vandiver, Classics scholar, authority on Greek mythology and Greek tragedy, including the Iliad, Odyssey, Aeneid, Homer, and Virgil. This definition is based on her course Classical Mythology for The Teaching Company.