Hymn to Demeter

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Orphic Hymn
gptkbp:author unknown
gptkbp:dateWritten 7th century BCE
gptkbp:firstLine I begin to sing of Demeter, the holy goddess with the beautiful hair
gptkbp:genre gptkb:poetry
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Hymn to Demeter
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Eleusinian_Mysteries
gptkbp:language gptkb:Ancient_Greek
gptkbp:length 495 lines
gptkbp:mainDeity gptkb:Helios
gptkb:Zeus
gptkb:Hades
gptkb:Hermes
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Homeric_Hymns
gptkbp:preservedIn manuscripts of the Homeric Hymns
gptkbp:setting Ancient Greece
gptkbp:significance explains the seasons
important source for Greek mythology
gptkbp:theme gptkb:abduction_of_Persephone
mother-daughter relationship
origin of the Eleusinian Mysteries
gptkbp:topic gptkb:Persephone
gptkb:Demeter
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Homeric_Hymns
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5