Καβαρνος

When Demeter was searching for her daughter, Persephone, who had been abducted, a man named Cabarnus who lived on Paros told her that the culprit was Hades. As a reward, the goddess assigned to Cabarnus and his descendants the duty of looking after her cult.

{E2 DICTIONARY OF CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY}

Table of Sources
- Steph. Byz. s.v. Καβαρνοι.

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