Ceres

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Q1: What was the main responsibility of Ceres?
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Known to the ancient Greeks as Demeter.

She was the goddess of agriculture.

She taught mankind the art of sowing and ploughing so they could end their nomadic existence.

Symbols that tell you that a sculpture is of Ceres are an ornamental staff, a torch and corn.