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Demeter
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Demeter in Greek mythology, the corn goddess, daughter of Cronus and Rhea, and mother of
Persephone. She is associated with Cybele, and her symbol is an ear of corn. The Eleusinian mysteries were held in honour of her. Roman equivalent
Ceres.
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Demeter BioTechnologies, Ltd. Awarded U.S. Patent for Treatment of Pulmonary Diseases
PR Newswire; 6/4/1998; 700+ words
; ...N.C., June 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Demeter BioTechnologies, Ltd. (OTC Bulletin...were invented by Dr. Jesse M. Jaynes, Demeter's Vice President of Research. The claims...methods of treating pulmonary diseases with Demeter's proprietary non-naturally occurring...
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DEMETER TO OPEN EAST VILLAGE DIGS.(Statistical Data Included)
Magazine article from: WWD; 9/3/1999; ; 700+ words
; NEW YORK -- When Demeter hit the scene in 1996 with its single...Village. According to industry sources, Demeter had retail sales of $6.5 million in...chain in the U.S. "You could look at Demeter as a fad, but a lot of people are hooked...
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DEMETER BioTechnologies, Ltd. Licenses Plant Disease-Resistance Technology to Mycogen Corporation
PR Newswire; 11/13/1997; 700+ words
; ...N.C., Nov. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Demeter BioTechnologies, Ltd. (OTC-Bulletin...diseases by direct spray-on application. Demeter's President, Richard D. Ekstrom stated: "Demeter has demonstrated the antibacterial and antifungal...
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Demeter and Persephone: Lessons from a Myth
Magazine article from: Femspec; 1/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; Demeter and Persephone: Lessons from a Myth Agha-Jaffar, Tamara. Demeter and Persephone: Lessons from a Myth (Jefferson...paper, ISBN 0-7864-1343-3. Agha-Jaffar's Demeter and Persephone is a critical study of the myth that...
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Finisar Corporation Announces Acquisition of Demeter Technologies.
Business Wire; 11/21/2000; 700+ words
; ...has completed the acquisition of privately-held Demeter Technologies, Inc. Demeter Technologies, headquartered in El Monte, California...Additional information about Finisar's acquisition of Demeter Technologies will be available in a webcast at...
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DIRT HAS BEEN SOLD: BRAND GROUP ACQUIRES PERFUMER DEMETER.(Freedom Marketing Group acquires Demeter)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: WWD; 7/5/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...beauty's independents has been bought. Demeter, an indie fragrance house known for marketing...to selling and collecting money." And Demeter, which has been a darling of the Fragrance...award nights, was a prime opportunity. Demeter won two FiFi's in 2000 for its Snow...
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Demeter BioTechnologies, Ltd. Receives Grant for its Cancer Therapeutics Program
PR Newswire; 10/7/1997; 700+ words
; ...C., Oct. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Demeter BioTechnologies, Ltd. (OTC-Bulletin...Seattle. This is the fourth year that Demeter's oncology research has been supported by the Pacific West Cancer Fund. Demeter has demonstrated in vitro activity...
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Demeter Announces Its Peptidyl MIMs(TM) Kill Multi-Drug-Resistant Bacteria
PR Newswire; 5/8/1997; 700+ words
; ...DURHAM, N.C., May 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Demeter BioTechnologies, Ltd. (OTC-DBOT...antibiotics. The results were presented by Demeter at the American Society for Microbiology...recently in Miami. The study confirmed that Demeter Peptidyl MIMs(TM) were active against...
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Demeter BioTechnologies, Ltd. Licenses Broad Patent Rights For Disease Resistant Plants
PR Newswire; 6/10/1997; 700+ words
; ...N.C., June 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Demeter BioTechnologies, Ltd. (OTC Bulletin...effectiveness. Jesse M. Jaynes, Ph.D., Demeter's Vice President of Research, was an...the claims allowed in these patents. Demeter licensed the patent rights from Louisiana...
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Demeter BioTechnologies, Ltd. Awarded SBIR Grant For Research to Prevent Disease Transmission
PR Newswire; 10/2/1997; 700+ words
; ...DURHAM, N.C. Oct. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Demeter BioTechnologies, Ltd. (OTC-Bulletin...Health. The SBIR award is to support Demeter's development of a prophylactic product to prevent sexually transmitted diseases. Demeter applied for the grant in collaboration...
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Demeter
Book article from: Myths and Legends of the World
Demeter Demeter, the Greek goddess of vegetation and fruitfulness, was known to the...daughter of Cronus (Saturn)* and Rhea and the sister of Zeus*. Although Demeter was not one of the 12 gods of Olympus*, her origins can be traced back...
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Demeter of Cnidus
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art
Demeter of Cnidus. A marble figure ( c. 330 bc) of the goddess Demeter found at Cnidus in Asia Minor and now in the British Museum. It represents the goddess majestically seated on a throne; originally, perhaps, a figure of her daughter Persephone...
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Hades
Book article from: Myths and Legends of the World
...Zeus* and Poseidon* and the goddesses Demeter*, Hera*, and Hestia. When Hades was...kidnapping of Persephone, daughter of Demeter, the goddess of fertility and the earth...marry Persephone, Zeus told him that Demeter would never agree. However, Zeus did...
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Ancient Mediterranean Religions
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Food and Culture
...were the responsibility of the goddesses Demeter and Persephone in the Greek world, and...all ancient states. Major festivals of Demeter were known in Sicily and Italy; there...element prior to feasting (in the myth, Demeter brought famine to mortals when her daughter...
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Persephone
Book article from: Myths and Legends of the World
...daughter of Zeus, king of the gods, and of Demeter, the goddess of agriculture. Persephone...his kingdom. Unaware of these events, Demeter searched everywhere for her missing daughter...perform sacrifices to the gods. He begged Demeter to restore life to the earth, but she...
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