![]() ![]() But when all the fruits of the earth were perishing, and the human race dying yet more through famine, no god, it seemed, knew where Demeter was in hiding, until Pan, they say, visited Arkadia. The Phigalians accept the account of the people of Thelpousa (Thelpusa) about the mating of Poseidon and Demeter, but they assert that Demeter gave birth, not to a horse, but to Despoine (Despoena, the Mistress), as the Arkadians call her.Īfterwards, they say, angry with Poseidon and grieved at the rape of Persephone, she put on black apparel and shut herself up in this cavern for a long time. The second mountain, Mount Elaios (Elaeus), is some thirty stades away from Phigalia, and has a cave sacred to Demeter surnamed Melaina (Melaena, the Black). Demeter, they say, had by Poseidon a daughter, whose name they are not wont to divulge to the uninitiated, and a horse called Areion (Arion)." ![]() At first, they say, Demeter was angry at what had happened, but later on she laid aside her wrath and wished to bathe in the Ladon. So she turned, the story runs, into a mare, and grazed with the mares of Onkios (Oncius) realising that he was outwitted, Poseidon changed into a stallion and enjoyed Demeter. "When Demeter was wandering in search of her daughter, she was followed, it is said, by Poseidon, who lusted after her. "Her he begat with Erinys Tilphosa (Telphusa). POSEIDON & DEMETER (Callimachus Frag 652, Pausanias 8.25.5)Ĭallimachus, Fragment 207 (from Scholiast on Lycophron 1225) (trans. ![]() Her true name and function were revealed only to the intitiates.ĭespoine was closely identified with the goddesses Persephone, Artemis and Hekate, all of whom bore the title "Despoine." She was worshipped alongside her mother Demeter, sister Persephone, and Artemis. DESPOINE (Despoena) was a fertility goddess of the Arkadian (Arcadian) Mystery cult of Akakesion (Acacesium). ![]()
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