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Triticum vulgare:~ WHEAT (Greek : Pyros) The chief agricultural crop. The Greeks sowed in late autumn or early and spring, and reaped the ripened grain in mid summer. Sacred to : Demeter and Persephone (goddesses of the grain) Myth 1 : Demeter Bestows Grain. After the return of Persephone from the underworld, Demeter bestowed the art of agriculture upon mankind. (Source: Homeric Hymns, et al) Myth 2 : Instruction of Triptolemos. The Eleusinian hero Triptolemos was given a chariot drawn by…
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