Re: attending fair?

In a message dated 8/17/03 6:03:54 PM, bkelson@ix.netcom.com writes:

<<     CERES was a name of one of the Ag Clubs at Purdue when I was in school.

I thought it was the name of the Goddess of Grain or something. >>

Betsy, I understood she was the goddess of agriculture.  I live in a planned 
community developed by Pioneer Hybrid now owned by Dupont.  As agriculture 
driven company it seems appropriate they would name a street & lake Ceres.  I did 
not know that when we purchased our land to build a home.
    Below are a few bits I found on various websites.  Only tonight did I 
know about the Chicago Trade center as given in the final paragraph & web site.  
In no way do I pretend to portray the goddess or any of her glory however I do 
like the name.
    Ceres is the largest of the four major asteroids, and is generally known 
as the Great Mother. In ancient mythology Ceres was the Goddess of agriculture 
and the harvest, and symbolized the cultivated, fertile soil that fed and 
provided for humanity. She was worshipped as the all-nourishing mother. Her 
primary story is about how her daughter Persephone was kidnapped by Pluto. When 
Ceres grieved over this loss, all the abundance of nature dried up. When 
Persephone was eventually returned, Ceres rejoiced, and seeds sprouted, flowers 
bloomed, and crops once again filled the field.
    Ceres was a felicitous and excellent goddess to the Romans and they had a 
common expression "fit for Ceres," which meant splendid. 
    In Roman mythology, Ceres was the goddess of grain, agriculture, and 
harvest and was worshipped by farmers and common people of Rome in the early Roman 
times. There was a festival that honored her from April 12 to April 14th 
called the Cerealia. 
    ceres6.physi.uni-heidelberg.de/groups/ceres/myth.html
    The Chicago Board of Trade rears up at the end of LaSalle Street like the 
prow of a financial Titanic. But this one seems to really be unsinkable. 
Designed in 1928 by architects Holabird and Root, the limestone facade is an 
elegant Art Deco landmark, topped by artist John Storrbs silvery statue of Ceres, 
the Roman goddess of grain. She holds a sheaf of wheat in one hand, and a bag 
of corn in the other. Itbs perfectly natural to mistake the latter for a sack 
of money, 
    www.michael.leland.name/chi016.htm
        Ceres   

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