Ceres

Reading notes

• The History of Rome, Book 2 §41 Ceres

  Goddess of grain and the harvest, patroness of the plebs; Cassius's confiscated savings were said to be consecrated to her.

• The History of Rome, Book 3 §55 Ceres

  Italian goddess of grain and the harvest, chief deity of the Aventine plebeian triad with Liber and Libera.

• The History of Rome, Book 10 §23 Ceres

  Goddess of grain and the plebs, at whose temple golden bowls were dedicated.

• The History of Rome, Book 22 §10 Ceres

  Goddess of grain and the harvest.

• The History of Rome, Book 24 §38 You, Mother Ceres and Proserpina

  Ceres, goddess of grain and the harvest, whose daughter Proserpina was carried off at Henna, the city sacred to them both.

• The History of Rome, Book 27 §7 the temple of Ceres

  Ceres, goddess of grain and the plebs, whose temple received statues paid from fines.

• The History of Rome, Book 28 §11 Ceres

  Ceres, grain-goddess, whose temple was struck from heaven.

• The History of Rome, Book 31 §13 temple of Ceres

  Ceres, goddess of grain and of the Eleusinian Mysteries, into whose temple the uninitiated Acarnanians strayed.

• The History of Rome, Book 34 §4 sacrifice of Ceres

  The rites of Ceres, suspended when the matrons were in mourning after Cannae.

• The History of Rome, Book 36 §28 Ceres

  The Roman goddess of grain and the harvest, to whom a quinquennial fast was instituted.

• The History of Rome, Book 40 §2 Ceres

  The grain-goddess Ceres, on whose temple the storm fixes a door torn from Luna's.

• The History of Rome, Book 41 §39 Ceres, Liber, and Libera

  The Aventine triad of Ceres, Liber, and Libera, at whose temple a supplication was held after the Sabine earthquake.