The title "Melissa" was given to the "bee priestesses" of this goddess, and pigs were sacrificed at one festival celebrating her, the Themosphoria.
The title "Melissa" was given to the "bee priestesses" of this goddess, and pigs were sacrificed at one festival celebrating her, the Themosphoria. While disguised as Doso, she stayed with King Celeus of Eleusis, where Queen Metanira prevented her from burning away her son Demophoon's (deh-mo-PHO-on's) mortality. Instead, this goddess gave Metanira's other son Triptolemus the knowledge of agriculture, which he spread to the rest of Greece. For 10 points, name this central figure of the Eleusinian mysteries, the Greek goddess of fertility and the mother of Persephone.
The title "Melissa" was given to the "bee priestesses" of this goddess, and pigs were sacrificed at one festival celebrating her, the Themosphoria.
{Demeter} [accept {Ceres}]