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From [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] [[mythology]], the [[mother]] of [[Domophoon]] who unwittingly hired the [[Greek god|goddess]] [[Demeter]] to be the nanny for her baby boy; conflict about the upraising brought about the [[death]] of the cherished baby boy. Source: [[Elizabeth Vandiver]], [[Classics]] [[scholarship|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]].
From [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] [[mythology]], the [[mother]] of [[Demophoon]] who unwittingly hired the [[Greek god|goddess]] [[Demeter]] to be the nanny for her baby boy; conflict about the upraising brought about the [[death]] of the cherished baby boy. <noinclude><br />

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Metaneira [r]: From Greek mythology, the mother of Demophoon who unwittingly hired the goddess Demeter to be the nanny for her baby boy; conflict about the upraising brought about the death of the cherished baby boy.