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Inktober 02: Demeter
Say, ye who dwell upon Parnassian peaks,
Nymphs of Castalia, did old Chiron e'er
Set before Heracles a cup so brave
In Pholus’ cavern—did as nectarous draughts
Cause that Anapian shepherd, in whose hand
Rocks were as pebbles, Polypheme the strong,
Featly to foot it o'er the cottage lawns:—
As, ladies, ye bid flow that day for us
All by Demeter’s shrine at harvest-home?
Beside whose cornstacks may I oft again
Plant my broad fan: while she stands by and smiles,
Poppies and cornsheaves on each laden arm.
Theocritus, Idyll 7, The Harvest-Home, translated by C.S. Calverley
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That's what I was going for. ^^
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Demeter: the friendly neighbourhood deity whose powers you would totally underrate, until she causes a famine. XD
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curious, in this draw she reminds me a lil bit of my own mom
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yeh, they don't look very alike but it got me that feel
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I love that gal, I mean I love Hera too. But Demeter, we know a little more, and she's both equal nice, sometimes mad, and relaly super powerful.
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I like both Hera and Demeter, but Demeter plays a little bigger part in my comics.
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True, true. Thou, if Persephone and Hades do elope in the underworld, she'll try to defend the marriage cause it's what she does. She did it in this one story I read, back some way. 
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