Agricultural deity

　　According to the Athenian rhetorician Isocrates, Demeters greatest gifts to humankind were agriculture, particularly of cereals, and the Mysteries which give the initiate higher hopes in this life and the afterlife. These two gifts were intimately connected in Demeters myths and mystery cults. In Homers Odyssey she is the blond-haired goddess who separates the chaff from the grain. In Hesiod, prayers to Zeus-Chthonios and Demeter help the crops grow full and strong. Demeters emblem is the poppy, a bright red flower that grows among the barley.

　　In Hesiods Theogony, Demeter is the daughter of Cronus and Rhea. At the marriage of Cadmus and Harmonia, Demeter lured Iasion away from the other revelers. They had intercourse in a ploughed furrow in Crete, and she gave birth to a son, Ploutos. Her daughter by Zeus was Persephone, Queen of the Underworld.

　　古希腊罗马神话里的神明繁多，其中最主要的为十二大主神。他们是：

　　1、宙斯Zeus：天神之父，也是众神之神，地上万物的最高统治者。用雷霆和叫做埃奎斯的神盾治理天和地。同时，宙斯还是个花心大萝卜，到处拈花惹草使他的妻子赫拉嫉妒。 详细

　　2、赫拉Hera：宙斯的妻子，神圣的婚姻女神，掌管婚姻，捍卫家庭。赫拉相当冷静并且拥有美好的身材。性格特征是嫉妒。详细

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