The Homeric Hymn to Demeter

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	Orphic Hymn
gptkbp:attributedTo	gptkb:Homer
gptkbp:category	gptkb:Homeric_Hymns
gptkbp:dateWritten	7th century BCE
gptkbp:features	dactylic hexameter
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	The Homeric Hymn to Demeter
gptkbp:importantFor	explains the origin of the seasons explains the foundation of the Eleusinian Mysteries major source for the myth of Persephone's abduction
gptkbp:influenced	gptkb:Eleusinian_Mysteries gptkb:Greek_religion
gptkbp:language	gptkb:Ancient_Greek
gptkbp:length	495 lines
gptkbp:preservedIn	Venetus A manuscript
gptkbp:relatedWork	The Homeric Hymn to Apollo The Homeric Hymn to Hermes
gptkbp:setting	gptkb:ancient_Greece
gptkbp:subject	gptkb:Persephone gptkb:Demeter gptkb:Hades
gptkbp:theme	gptkb:abduction_of_Persephone mother-daughter relationship cycle of seasons origin of the Eleusinian Mysteries
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Persephone_and_Hades
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7