Prayer to Demeter, Persephone, Plutus
Demeter · Persephone · Plutus
I sing of the mother of Ploutos, Demeter Olympia, in the garland-wearing season, and of you, Persephone, child of Zeus: greetings, both! Tend the city well.
Fons · Source
AuthorAnonymous
WorkGreek Lyric V (Campbell), Scolia
SectionFragment 885
PeriodGreek (BC)
Occasiondrinking-song (skolion) addressed to Demeter and Persephone, asking for the welfare of the city
Classificatio · Taxonomy
Culturegreek
Formhymn
DeitiesDemeter, Persephone, Plutus
Functionsinvocation · petition
Sphereagricultural · civic