Brian S. Hook
May 7, 2022

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For those interested in a few ancient sources of the myth, the earliest is the Homeric Hymn to Demeter (https://chs.harvard.edu/primary-source/homeric-hymn-to-demeter-sb/)

Ovid's is probably the most accessible

(https://ovid.lib.virginia.edu/trans/Metamorph5.htm#479128839)

Appollodorus offers a tight summary, and the editor provides lots of notes!

http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022%3Atext%3DLibrary%3Abook%3D1%3Achapter%3D5

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Brian S. Hook
Brian S. Hook

Written by Brian S. Hook

Dad, classicist, mountain dweller, erstwhile triathlete, wannabe woodworker, follower of Socrates and Jesus (two famous non-writers), writing to avoid raveling

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