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Demeter's Sorrow
Demeter's Sorrow
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Camera: Canon EOS-10D
Lens: Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
Location: Greenville TX
Date: Oct 3, 2005
Aperture: f/2.8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/1600
Galleries: Nature, Macro
Date Uploaded: Oct 3, 2005

Viewed: 541
Comments: 6
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 From Wikipedia...

The central myth of Demeter, which is at the heart of the Eleusinian Mysteries is her relationship with Persephone, her daughter and own younger self. In the Olympian pantheon, Persephone became the consort of Hades (Roman Pluto, the underworld god of wealth). Persephone became the goddess of the underworld when Hades abducted her from the earth and brought her into the underworld. She had been playing with some nymphs (or Leucippe) whom Demeter changed into the Sirens as punishment for not having interfered. Life came to a standstill as the depressed Demeter (goddess of the earth) searched for her lost daughter (resting on the stone, Agelasta). Finally, Zeus could not put up with the dying earth and forced Hades to return Persephone by sending Hermes to retrieve her. But before she was released, Hades tricked her into eating six pomegranate seeds, which forced her to return six months each year. When Demeter and her daughter were together, the earth flourished with vegetation. But for six months each year, when Persephone returned to the underworld, the earth once again became a barren realm. The six months when the earth is barren are the summer months, since in Greece this is when all vegetation dies from heat and lack of rainfall. The winter by comparison has heavy rainfall and mild temperatures in which plant life flourishes. It was during her trip to retrieve Persephone from the underworld that she revealed the Eleusinian Mysteries.

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Canon PowerShot A95
 10/17/2005 09:23:58 AM
I like the DOF and the beautiful tones.
Good job!
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Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 10/14/2005 10:22:50 PM
WOW... Talk about getting deep! LOL Love the mythical reference AND the shot itself! :-) The off-balance presentation and almost juxtapositioned embracing tones lend itself very nicely to your interpretation as well. Beautiful shot.
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Nikon D300
Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.4D
 10/11/2005 08:59:01 PM
The title and the image caught my attention here. Very nice. Very fitting. Great photo and concept. :-)
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Pentax *ist DL
Sigma 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical HF for Pentax
 10/04/2005 07:40:03 PM
Pretty!
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Canon PowerShot G6
 10/04/2005 11:11:39 AM
I love this story. I love your title...I love this image.
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Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM
 10/04/2005 10:35:42 AM
One of my favorite myths. And a beautiful image to go with it.
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