The Homeric Hymn to Demeter

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:choir
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Persephone
gptkbp:adaptation Adapted into plays
Adapted into operas
gptkbp:author gptkb:Unknown
gptkbp:cultural_significance gptkb:Rituals_of_Eleusis
Explains the seasons
gptkbp:dedicated_to gptkb:Demeter
gptkbp:historical_context Composed in the 7th century BC
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Homeric Hymn to Demeter
gptkbp:influence Influenced later literature
Influenced religious practices
gptkbp:language gptkb:City
gptkbp:length Approximately 495 lines
gptkbp:motif gptkb:Grief_of_Demeter
gptkb:Return_of_Persephone
Search for Persephone
gptkbp:mythology gptkb:Triptolemus
gptkb:deity
gptkb:Hades
gptkb:Persephone
gptkbp:narrative_style gptkb:Invocation
gptkb:military_conflict
gptkb:technology
gptkbp:notable_quote " I shall not let the earth bear fruit..."
" I will not return to Olympus..."
" She who is the giver of grain..."
" The earth was barren..."
" The seasons will change..."
gptkbp:performance Recited at festivals
gptkbp:related_works gptkb:Homeric_Hymn_to_Apollo
gptkb:Homeric_Hymn_to_Hermes
gptkbp:scholarships Examined in historical context
Studied in classical studies
Analyzed in feminist theory
Critiqued in literary analysis
Interpreted in mythological studies
gptkbp:setting gptkb:physicist
gptkb:deity
gptkbp:style gptkb:poet
gptkbp:symbolism gptkb:Seasons
Fertility
Death and Rebirth
gptkbp:theme gptkb:noble_title
Mother-Daughter Relationship
gptkbp:translated_into Translated into many languages