This goddess was responsible for empowering Triptolemus.
The last of Callimachus's hymns praises this figure for thrice-crossing the silver eddies of the river Achelous and sitting near the well of Callichorus. Apollodorus claims that she was the mother of a horse named Arion that was endowed with the gift of speech. In another venture, she, along with Hecate, asks for information from Helios. A group of sacred (*) trees dedicated to this goddess was cut down by Erysichthon, who sold his own daughter Mestra into slavery. This goddess was responsible for empowering Triptolemus. More notably, this mother of Core visited King Celeus and tried to burn away the mortal parts of Demophon. She went to Eleusis and taught agriculture to mankind. For 10 points, name this mother of Persephone, an ancient Greek goddess of agriculture.
The last of Callimachus's hymns praises this figure for thrice-crossing the silver eddies of the river Achelous and sitting near the well of Callichorus.
Demeter or Ceres