The first of these was Iasion, a prince of Arcadia and brother of Dardanus. This relationship brought forth Arion, an immortal horse owned at one time by Heracles and Adrastus, and Despoina, a goddess of the Arcadian mysteries.ĭemeter also had mortal lovers. Demeter would attempt to escape by transforming herself into a horse, but Poseidon then transformed himself into a stallion to mate with Demeter.
Poseidon would force himself upon his sister. Zeus would ultimately emerge as the supreme deity after the Titanomachy, and would make his sister Demeter one of the first six Olympian deities and the roles previously undertaken by the Titan gods and goddess were then divided amongst the new generation.Īn important aspect of any Greek deity was their partners and offspring, and as might be expected Demeter had a number of lovers and children.Īmongst the most famous lovers of Demeter were Zeus and Poseidon and the union of Demeter and Zeuswould produce the goddess Persephone, and in some ancient sources it would also produce the first incarnation of the god Dionysus. The insurrection would result in a ten year war, the Titanomachy, although it is generally said that Demeter did not fight during the war, but was instead given over to the protection of Oceanus and Tethys for the duration of the conflict. Cronus was afraid of a prophecy which stated that he would be overthrown by his own child, and so Demeter was joined in her prison by Hades, Poseidon, Hestia and Hera.ĭemeter’s brother, Zeus, would escape this fate and would lead an insurrection against his father, having first released his siblings from the imprisonment, by forcing Cronusto regurgitate them. This made Demeter sister to Zeus, Hades, Poseidon, Hestia and Hera.ĭemeter though had no childhood for when Rhea gave birth to her, Cronus immediately swallowed Demeter, imprisoning his daughter within his stomach. The goddess Demeter was born during the period known as the Golden Age of Greek mythology, the time when Cronus and the Titans ruled the cosmos indeed, Demeter was the daughter of Cronus and Rhea.
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