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Ceres

deity earth Roman triangulated · 20

Ceres is a Roman goddess who became more closely associated with the lustration ritual and agriculture later in Roman history. She assumed agricultural responsibilities that were previously shared with Mars.

↻ synthesized from 20 sources

When

First attested
1400 BCE
Attested period
-1400 – 2020
Historical notes
Cult installed around 205 BC at Ceres' Aventine temple.

Relationships

co occurs with
Dea Dia, Svetovit, Kostroma, Lada, Vesna, Dziewanna, Dis Pater, Iuno Averna, Iuno inferna, Iuno Stygia, Luna, Dís, Parcae, Hermes Trismegistus, Juno Regina, Latona, Saturnus, Great Mother of the gods, Ariadne, Proserpina, Neptune, Hebe, Aurora, Ganymede, Aquilon, Zéphyr, Ēostre, Ullr, Othinus, Mythothyn, Ollerus, Iovis, Liberty, Ares, Hecate, Mercury, Apollo, Hadad, Dionysus, Aphrodite, Osiris, Athena, Kronos, Ashtart, Mars, Fortuna, Hercules, Diana, Hades, Zeus, Hera, Cronus, Poseidon, Rhea, Cybele, Hestia, Vulcan, Minerva, Bacchus, Flora, Cupid, Artemis (Diana), Saturn, Ops, Venus, Aeolus
parent of
Proserpina
syncretized with
Demeter, Morana
sibling of
Vesta, Jupiter, Neptune, Pluto, Juno
allied with
Liber, Libera, Annona, Persephone, Liber Pater
child of
Saturn, Ops

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Mentioned by

and 23 more

Sources

wikipedia (16)
  1. Mars (mythology)
  2. Morana (goddess)
  3. Proserpina
  4. Lectisternium
  5. White Hall of the Winter Palace
  6. Interpretatio graeca
  7. Demeter
  8. Vesta (mythology)
  9. Le Réveil de Flore
  10. Saturn (mythology)
  11. Convector (mythology)
  12. Occator (mythology)
  13. Ceres series (Portugal)
  14. Coat of arms and flag of New Jersey
  15. The Four Seasons (Sozzi)
  16. A Statue of Ceres
journal (1)
  1. Communitary and Individualistic Gods in German and Roman Religion (2006)
    Adolfo Zavaroni
    doi:10.5209/geri.14907
    peer reviewed
encyclopedia (3)
  1. Aedile (Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed.) (1911)
    peer reviewed
  2. Ambarvalia (Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed.) (1911)
    peer reviewed
  3. April (Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed.) (1911)
    peer reviewed

Source passages

“Later in Roman history, the goddess Ceres became more closely associated with the lustration ritual and agriculture”

#10152 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“15th century Polish chronicler Jan Długosz likened her in his Annales to Ceres, the Roman goddess of agriculture (together with another Slavic goddess Dziewanna).”

#12875 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“The best-known myth surrounding Proserpina is of her abduction by the god of the Underworld, her mother Ceres' frantic search for her, and her eventual but temporary restitution to the world above.”

#13068 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“In 217 BC, after the Roman defeat at Lake Trasimene, a lectisternium was held for three days to six pairs of gods: Jupiter, Juno, Neptune, Minerva, Mars, Venus, Apollo, Diana, Vulcan, Vesta, Mercury, Ceres”

#19894 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“The sculptural decoration of the hall includes a round sculpture of female figures above the columns, symbolising various types of art, and bas-relief figures depicting the gods of Olympus: Juno and Jupiter, Diana and Apollo, Ceres and Mercury, Vesta and Neptune.”

#19928 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001