Eschenburg, J[ohann] J[oachim], 1743-1820. [from old catalog], Fiske, Nathan Welby, 1798-1847, [from old catalog] ed. and tr · Philadelphia, E. C. Biddle · leaf 142
region of Sicily. In this country she is said to have first taught men to cultivate grain, and toinstruct them in all the labors pertaining to it. To her is ascribed also theestablishing of laws, and the regulation of civil society. Afterwards she im-parted her favors to other lands, and the people… … 112 GREEK AND ROMAN MYTHOLOGY. him over the earth, to teach husbandry, and thereby raised him to the rank ofa god. See Homer, Hymn to Ceres.—Ovid, Fast. iv. 507-562. Metam. v. 642-661. § 62. The seizure and abduction of her daughter Proserpine by Pluto hasbeen already mentioned (§ 32m). Ceres…
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