The Thesmophoriazusae (also called The Poet & the Women or Women at the Thesmophoria) is a two-act comedy play written in 411 BCE by the great Greek comic playwright, Aristophanes. The play's principal...| World History Encyclopedia
Demeter, in Greek religion, daughter of the deities Cronus and Rhea, sister and consort of Zeus (the king of the gods) and goddess of agriculture. In one legend her daughter Persephone is carried off by Hades, the god of the underworld. Demeter’s distress diverts her attention from the harvest and causes a famine.| Encyclopedia Britannica
The chaste tree is a shrub or tree native to Europe and Asia that does best in hot weather. It is a member of the mint family (Lamiaceae). The specific epithet repeats words for "chaste, pure" in two languages, first in Greek and then in Latin.| plants.ces.ncsu.edu