Homeric Hymn to Demeter (13)

Catalogue ID: 02-olympian-gods/110-homeric-hymn-demeter-13

Cycle: Olympian gods — Demeter / short Homeric Hymn

Version line: Homeric Hymn XIII — brief praise of Demeter and Persephone

Sources: Homeric Hymn to Demeter (13)

Source file: /workspace/greek-myth-catalogue/02-olympian-gods/110-homeric-hymn-demeter-13.md

Characters

Demeter — rich-haired reverend goddess
Persephone — lovely-ankled daughter hailed with her
Singer — asks protection for city or song

Places

The singer’s city — object of the protective prayer

Themes

None detected.

Narrative

Homeric Hymn 13 is a four-line hail to Demeter the rich-haired reverend goddess and to her daughter Persephone of the lovely ankles, asking them to protect the singer’s city (or song) in return for the hymn. It compresses the mother–daughter pair into cult address without Eleusinian narrative, Demophon, or the pomegranate bargain. Catalogue it as the short Demeter hymn-atom beside the great Hymn 2.