![]() ![]() So she pleased the goddess afterwards with her kindly temperament. Made many jokes and turned the mood of the divine lady,īy smiling and laughing, and keeping her heart gracious: ![]() Till Iambe, who was knowing and careful, with jests She sat wasting away in longing for her deep-girdled daughter, Nor did she embrace anyone in word or deed,īut without laughing and not tasting food or drink There she sat down, and held a veil in front of her.įor a long time she sat on the couch without speaking, sorrowing, Till Iambe, who was knowing and careful, placed for herĪ fixed seat, and draped a bright-shining fleece over it. The extravagant hilarity displayed at the festivals of Demeter in Attica was traced to her, for it is said that when Demeter, in her wanderings in search of her daughter, arrived in Attica, Iambe cheered the mournful goddess with her jokes. Others call her a slave of Celeus, king of Eleusis. Iambe ( Ancient Greek: Ἰάμβη means 'banter'), in Greek mythology, was a Thracian woman, daughter of Pan and Echo, granddaughter of Hermes, and a servant of Metaneira, the wife of Hippothoon. ![]()
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