god
Ceres
also: Ceres
Goddess of grain and harvest; worshipped at the rustic feast so that the corn might 'rise on a high stalk.'
Reading notes
- The Secular Hymn §29-32 Ceres
Goddess of grain and the harvest, to be crowned with ears of corn from a fertile earth.
- The Odes §3.2 Ceres
Her 'secret rite' (the Eleusinian Mysteries) must not be divulged; the betrayer is shunned.
- The Odes §4.5 Ceres
With Faustitas, she 'nourishes the fields' in the peace Augustus secures.
- The Satires §2.2 Ceres, worshipped
Goddess of grain; the farmers honor her at the feast so the corn may 'rise on a high stalk' — a prayer for the harvest.