Editing Demeter (section)

==Epithets==
:''See [[:Category:Epithets of Demeter]]''

* '''[[Antaea]]''' ([[Ancient Greek language|Ancient Greek]]: Ἀνταία): 'A goddess whom man may approach in prayers'. The epithet belongs not only to Demeter but also to Rhea and [[Cybele]].<ref>''[[Orphic Hymn]]'' to Mother Antaia (40), 1; [[Apollonius of Rhodes]] 1.1141; [[Hesychius of Alexandria]], Ἀνταία.</ref>
* '''[[Amphictyonis]]''' (Ancient Greek: Ἀμφικτυονίς): The form of Demeter who symbolizes wine and friendship between nations, worshiped at [[Anthela (Thessaly)|Anthela]] because it was a meeting place for the [[amphictyons]] of [[Thermopylae]], where sacrifices were offered to her at the start of every meeting.<ref>[http://www.theoi.com/Cult/DemeterTitles.html Titles of Demeter & Kore: Ancient Greek religion<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
* '''[[Azesia]]''' (Ancient Greek: Ἀζησία): This epithet was the subject of several ancient Greek [[Proverb|proverbs]]. One was "Amaia looked for Azesia", with "Amaia" being an epithet for Demeter, and Azesia in this instance indicating Persephone, and referring to Demeter's long search for her daughter after she had been kidnapped by Hades. It was used to refer to someone who took a long time to do something.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Azesia |encyclopedia=Llewellyn's Complete Book of Names |publisher=Llewellyn Publications |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FVyHTUQnnBgC |last=Sheard |first=K. M. |date=2011 |pages=86 |language=English |isbn=9780738723686 |authorlink= |accessdate=2025-02-06}}</ref> Similarly, "Amaia has found Azesia" was an expression used to indicate that something greatly missed and sought after has been found.<ref>{{cite book |last=Roterodamus |first=Desiderius Erasmus |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vwf_62ogNK4C |title=Collected Works of Erasmus |date=1992 |publisher=[[University of Toronto Press]] |isbn=0802028314 |series= |volume=34 |pages=36 |language=English |translator-last=Mynors |translator-first=R.A.B. |authorlink=Erasmus |accessdate=2025-02-06}}</ref>
* '''[[Chloe]]''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: Χλόη): "Blooming", "fertility", "young, green foliage" or "shoots of plants in spring".<ref>{{LSJ|xlo/h|χλόη|longref}}</ref>
* '''[[Chrysaor]]os''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: Χρυσαόρος): Demeter's epithet as "Lady of the Golden Blade", a reference to golden blades of [[wheat]].<ref>[[Homeric Hymn]] 2 ''[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0137%3Ahymn%3D2 To Demeter]''</ref>
* [[Chthonia|'''Chtonia''']] (Ancient Greek: Χθονία). 'Of the earth'. It was an epithet of Demeter<ref>''[[Orphic]] Hymn 39 to Demeter'' 12</ref><ref>[[Apollonius Rhodius]], 4.987</ref> and several other [[chthonic]] goddess, such as [[Hecate]],<ref>Apollonius Rhodius, 4.148; ''Orphic Hymn'' 35.9</ref> [[Nyx]]<ref>''Orphic Hymn 3 to Nyx'' 8</ref> or [[Melinoe]].<ref>''Orphic Hymn 70 to Melinoe'' 1</ref>
* '''[[Daduchos]]''' (Ancient Greek): δᾳδοῦχος "torch-bearer", from δᾶις+ἔχω): An epithet of Demeter seeking her lost daughter Persephine with a torch. It was also an epithet of Hecate<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=MORELLI |first=DONATO |date=1959 |title=Parte Prima: FONTI |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/24172474 |journal=Studi Classici e Orientali |volume=8 |pages=1–73 |issn=0081-6124 |jstor=24172474}}</ref> and [[Artemis]], two goddesses associated with torches. It was also the title of the second priest (ranking after the [[Hierophant]]) at the [[Eleusinian Mysteries]]. This title was given in the [[Rhodes|Rhodes Island]] in [[Greece]].<ref name=":0" />
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