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| the ancient Greek chthonian goddess of agriculture and the protector of marriage and the social order, identified by the Romans with Ceres. She presided over the Eleusinian mysteries. |
| De·me·ter (dĭ-mē'tər) n. Greek Mythology The goddess of the harvest, daughter of Rhea and Cronus and mother of Persephone. [Greek Dēmētēr; see māter- in Indo-European roots.] |
The Greek and Roman goddess of grain, agriculture, and the harvest. The story of Demeter and her daughter, Persephone, explains the cycle of the seasons. When Persephone was carried off to the underworld by Hades, Demeter was so forlorn that she did not tend the crops, and the first winter came to the Earth. Eventually Zeus allowed Persephone to rejoin her mother for two-thirds of every year, and thus the cycle of the seasons began.
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A CASE tool developed mainly by Karl Lieberherr.
["Contributions to Teaching Object-Oriented Design and Programming" Aug/Sep 1988 issue of JOOP, OOPSLA '89 Proceedings].
(1994-12-07)
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