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| − | [[Image:Ceres courtesy of Vroma.jpg|left|frame]] '''Ceres''' is the Goddess of agriculture. During a drought in 496 BCE, the ''Sibylline Books'' ordered the institution of the worship of Demeter, Dionysus and Persephone, called by the Latin names ''Ceres'', ''Liber'' and ''Libera''. Ceres was the Goddess of the plebeians: the ''Aediles Plebis'' cared for her temple and had their official residences in it, and were responsible for the games in her honour -- the Ludi Cereales -- her original festival in April. There was a women's 9-day fast and festival when women offered the first corn harvest to ''Ceres'', originally celebrated every five years, but later - by the time of Augustus - held every October 4. | + | [[Image:Ceres courtesy of Vroma.jpg|right|frame]] '''Ceres''' is the Goddess of agriculture. During a drought in 496 BCE, the ''Sibylline Books'' ordered the institution of the worship of Demeter, Dionysus and Persephone, called by the Latin names ''Ceres'', ''Liber'' and ''Libera''. Ceres was the Goddess of the plebeians: the ''aediles plebis'' cared for her temple and had their official residences in it, and were responsible for the games in her honour -- the ''Ludi Cereales'' -- her original festival in April. There was a women's 9-day fast and festival when women offered the first corn harvest to ''Ceres'', originally celebrated every five years, but later - by the time of Augustus - held every October 4. |
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Ceres is the Goddess of agriculture. During a drought in 496 BCE, the
Sibylline Books ordered the institution of the worship of Demeter, Dionysus and Persephone, called by the Latin names
Ceres,
Liber and
Libera. Ceres was the Goddess of the plebeians: the
aediles plebis cared for her temple and had their official residences in it, and were responsible for the games in her honour -- the
Ludi Cereales -- her original festival in April. There was a women's 9-day fast and festival when women offered the first corn harvest to
Ceres, originally celebrated every five years, but later - by the time of Augustus - held every October 4.
