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  Spermon from Spermo, goddess of grain
She was one of the Oenotropae and had the ability to change anything she touched into corn, grain seed or wheat.
She and her sisters were captured by the Greek forces on their way to the Trojan War [4 KB], but Dionysus [5 KB] turned the sisters into doves so they could escape.
In Greek mythology [19 KB], the Oenotropae ("they who change wine") were the three daughters of Anius: Spermo (goddess of grain), Oeno (goddess of wine) and Elais (goddess of oil).
home.hetnet.nl /~spermon/start/spermonfromspermogoddnessofgrain.html   (205 words)

  
 Science Fair Projects - Anius
She gave birth to Anius on the island and he became a priest of Apollo.
Anius had three daughters: Oeno, Spermo, and Elais, known as the Oenotropae.
When Agamemnon went to the Trojan War, he wanted to take the Oenotropae with him, to provide his army with food and wine.
www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Anius   (318 words)

  
 Oenotropae article - Oenotropae Greek mythology Anius Spermo Oeno Elais - What-Means.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Oenotropae article - Oenotropae Greek mythology Anius Spermo Oeno Elais - What-Means.com
In Greek mythology, the Oenotropae ("they who change wine") were the three daughters of Anius: Spermo (goddess of grain), Oeno (goddess of wine) and Elais (goddess of oil).
Oenotropae article - Oenotropae definition - what means Oenotropae
www.what-means.com /encyclopedia/Oenotropae   (62 words)

  
 Human Women in Greek Myths
Happily, Athena eventually took pity on her and changed her into a nocturnal owl.
Oeno was one of the three Oenotropae, or daughters of Anius, sister of Spermo and Elais.
Spermo could turn anything she touched into corn, or grain seed.
www.paleothea.com /HumansN-Z.html   (3804 words)

  
 Anius   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Anius was born on the island of Delos, which was sacred to his father Apollo, after the box in which his mother had been placed by Apollo when he had discovered her pregnancy washed ashore there.
Dionysus gave the three daughters the power to change whatever they wanted into wine, wheat, and oil.
They complained to Dionysus, and he changed them into doves.
www.worldhistory.com /wiki/A/Anius.htm   (212 words)

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