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9 Classical Mythology and Ancient History
92 gods ~ classical mythology
92M gods of the earth and fertility ~ agriculture
92M1 (story of) Ceres (Demeter)

92M13 Most important deeds: Ceres in search of her daughter Proserpina, whom Pluto carried off

            92M131 Ceres drives her chariot, drawn by dragons, and holds one or two torches, lit at the fires of Etna
            92M132 a little boy (Abas, Ascalabus, or Stellio) laughs at Ceres, because she drinks too avidly while she is resting at an old woman's house (1)
            92M133 Ceres, in the guise of an old woman, meets Celeus of Eleusis, in rustic dress and returning home with the products of the wood
            92M134 Ceres finds the girdle of Proserpina near the fountain of the nymph Cyane
            92M135 the earth becomes barren because of Ceres' neglect
            92M136 Ceres is told the whereabouts of Proserpina by the nymph Arethusa
            92M137 Ceres before Jupiter
            92M138 Jupiter settles the problem between Ceres and Pluto
            92M139 Proserpina returned to her mother


Salomon Koninck
The mocking of Ceres by Stellio
1645