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Look up: Demeter

  1. Demeter
    Goddess of the earth and its fruits, particularly corn. She is responsible for the annual miracle of the season cycle and the fertility of the earth.
    Found on http://www.classics.cam.ac.uk/museum/glo

  2. Demeter
    goddess of agriculture, mother goddess of the Earth; daughter of Cronus and Rhea; mother of Persephone.
    Found on http://ablemedia.com/ctcweb/glossary/glo

  3. Demeter
    Demeter was a Greek goddess of the earth. She is also called Ceres. She was the nourishing mother, bringing forth fruits. She was a daughter of Cronus and Rhea.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  4. Demeter
    [n] - (Greek mythology) goddess of fertility and protector of marriage in ancient mythology
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  5. Demeter
    In Greek mythology, the goddess of agriculture, especially corn (Roman Ceres); daughter of the Titans Kronos and Rhea; and mother of Persephone by Zeus. Demeter and her daughter were worshipped in a...
    Found on http://www.thehistorychannel.co.uk/site/

  6. Demeter
    A CASE tool developed mainly by Karl Lieberherr. ['Contributions to Teaching Object-Oriented Design and Programming' Aug/Sep 1988 issue of JOOP, OOPSLA '89 Proceedings]. (1994-12-07)
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  7. Demeter
    noun (Greek mythology) goddess of fertility and protector of marriage in ancient mythology; counterpart of Roman Ceres
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  8. Demeter
    In Greek mythology `Dêmêtêr` is the goddess of grain and fertility, the pure nourisher of the youth and the green earth, the health-giving cycle of life and death, and preserver of marriage and the sacred law. She is invoked as the `bringer of seasons` in the Homeric hymn, a subtle sign that she was worshipped long before she was made one of the Olympians. The Homeric Hymn to Demeter has been dated to about the seventh century BC. She and her dau...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demeter

  9. Demeter
    in Greek religion, daughter of the deities Cronus and Rhea, sister and consort of Zeus (the king of the gods), and goddess of agriculture. Her name ... [11 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/d/28

  10. Demeter
    Demeter is a Greek boy name. The meaning of the name is `Mythical Earth goddess` Where is it used? The name Demeter is mainly used In Hungarian.How do they say it elsewhere? Demetrius ( In Ancient Greek (Latinized) )See also In Russian and In French: Dimitri In Russian: Dmitri In Italian, Spanish and In Portuguese: Demetrio In Bulgarian and In Serbia
    Found on http://i-am-pregnant.com/names/boys/Deme

  11. Demeter
    Demeter (dimē'tur) , in Greek religion and mythology, goddess of harvest and fertility; daughter of Kronos and Rhea. She was the mother of Persephone by Zeus. When Pluto abducted Persephone, Demeter grieved so inconsolably that the earth became barren through her neglect. Searching for her...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/society/A0


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23 November 2009

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At sixteen minutes past five on 23rd November 1963, a British television institution was born. Doctor Who would go on to become the longest-running science-fiction programme in the world, eventually spawning twenty six seasons of adventures from 1963 to 1989. In total, eight actors have played the part of Gallifrey's most famous Time Lord. From the very first - William Hartnell in 1963 - to the very last - Paul McGann, in the 1996 TV Movie - the Doctor has wandered through time and space in his trusty time machine, an old type-40 TARDIS (Time and Relative Dimensions in Space). Although appearing to be nothing more than a battered blue police box, it is in fact vastly bigger on the inside than on the outside, and always departs with its familiar wheezing, groaning sound. read more

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