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15 matches to Deme
Andania Mysteries. Greek cult for Demeter + Persephone.
Cabiri. Phrygian, later Greek fertility cult gods: Demeter, Hermes, Persephone.
Catherine de Medici. 1519-89. Wife of Henry II, mother of 3 French kings, built Tuileries Palace. St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre.
Ceres. Roman goddess of growth. = Demeter.
Concini, Concino. -1617. Italian favourite of Marie de Medici. Marshal of France. Executed.
Danaïdes. 50 daughters of Danaus. 49 condemed to fill sieves for murdering their husbands. Hypermestra.
Deme. Subdivision of a Greek City-State.
Demeter. Greek goddess of agriculture = Ceres.
Demetrius II. Syrian King 145~125BC. Freed Jews from Syrian taxes.
Eleusinian Mysteries. Secret Greek ritual to honour Demeter and Persephone.
Jean de Meung. 1240-1305. French poet. Roman de la Rose 1280.
Marie de Medici. 1573-1642. Queen consort to Henry IV, mother of Louis XIII. Regent 1610-14. Built Luxembourg Palace. Opposed Richelieu. Banished 1630. Died penniless.
Medici. Merchant family. Ruled Florence 1434~1737. Patron of Italian Renaissance arts. Catherine. Marie. Popes Leo X, Clement VII, Leo XI.
St Bartholomew’s Day Massacre. 1572. Catherine de Medici has 2000 Huguenots killed by Charles IX.
Tuileries Palace. 1563. Architect:Delorme. Commissioned by Catherine de Medici. Stormed 1792. Burned, 1871 by Communards.