Demeter (disambiguation)

Demeter is usually the Greek grain goddess. It may also refer to:

Astronomy:

• Demeter, name formerly used for Lysithea (moon), satellite of Jupiter, from 1955 to 1975
• 1108 Demeter, asteroid

Literature:

• Demeter (c. 300 BC), an elegy by Philitas of Cos
• "Demeter" (1999), a sonnet by Carol Ann Duffy

Other:

• Demeter (surname)
• Demeter (cat), character from the musical Cats by Andrew Lloyd Webber
• Demeter (satellite) French micro-satellite launched 2004 with a 2-year planned lifetime, for developing earthquake prediction
• Demeter Fragrance Library, fragrance company
• Demeter International, certification organization for biodynamic farming
• Demeter, brand of electric guitar and bass guitar amplifier
• Demeter, terrain bot in Windows game Activeworlds
• Law of Demeter, software development design guideline ("Only talk to your immediate friends").
• USS Demeter (ARB-10), USS battle damage repair ship
• Demeter, the fictional Russian ship which brought Count Dracula to England in Bram Stoker's novel Dracula.
• Demeter, a freighter vessel in Egosoft's 4X video game series, including X²: The Threat and X³: Terran Conflict

See also

• Demetrius