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

(Μετάνειρα), the wife of Celeus, and mother of Triptolemus, received Demeter on her arrival in Attica. (Hom. Hymn. in Cer. 161; Apollod. 1.5.1.) Pausanias (1.39.1) calls her Meganaera.

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