Demeter (Roman: Ceres).
2AD Roman copy of a 5-4BC Greek original.
Demeter was the goddess of fertility, often depicted as a mature motherly figure. Her daughter was Persephone, who married Hades, the god of the Underworld.
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‘I am Demeter the honored, the greatest benefit and joy to undying gods and to mortals.’ -the Homeric Hymns, “To...
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“Demeter (Ceres) Ludovisi. Rome, Roman National Museum, Palazzo Altemps.”
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