Homeric Hymn to Demeter

  Homeric Hymn to Demeter Painter : Attributed to the Persephone Painter Museum Collection:  Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The roles of Demeter and Persephone in Greek religion (including the rites at Eleusis) Demeter is the Greek goddess of agriculture and she was the daughter of the deities Cronus and Rhea. Later on, Demeter conceived a child with her bloodily related brother Zeus god of the sky(the father of gods and men)¹and gave birth to the dual deity Persephone (goddess of the underworld). The Homeric Hymn to Demeter is the story about Demeter and Persephone and it clearly shows the roles of both of them.  In the Hymn Persephone is kidnapped by her uncle Hades(god of the underworld) with her awareness of her father Zeus. When Demeter found out about this she was very displeased with Zeus and searched for Persephone in doing so came across the city of Eleusis where she took the form of an old lady. She took the role as the nanny to King and Queen's( Celeus and Metanira