... > Classical Mythology and Ancient History > gods ~ classical mythology > gods of the earth and fertility ~ agriculture > (story of) Ceres (Demeter) > most important deeds: Ceres in search of her daughter Proserpina, whom Pluto carried off > Ceres, in the guise of an old woman, meets Celeus of Eleusis, in rustic dress and returning home with the products of the wood > Ceres is hospitably received by Celeus and his wife Metanira, and tends their new-born child Demophon (alternatively Triptolemus)