The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies

CHAPTER XVII.

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Ceres--Demeter--Parentage and Attributes--How represented-- Story of Proserpine--Eleusinian Mysteries--Rites practiced --Story of Triptolemus--Sacrifices offered to Ceres--Feasts called Ambarvalia--Described by Virgil 75