A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology

Smith, William

A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. William Smith, LLD, ed. 1890

(Δεμώ), a name of Demeter. (Suidas, s. v. Δγμώ) It also occurs as a proper name of other mythical beings, such as the Cumaean Sibyl (Paus. 10.12.1) and a daughter of Celeus and Metaneira, who, together with her sisters, kindly received Demeter at the well Callichoros in Attica. (Hom. Hymn. in Cer. 109.)

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