Get to know Demophon better with 3 real example sentences.
Demophon in a sentence
Context around Demophon
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 1 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Demophon
- In this selection, "demophon" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 25.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, aphobus, story and immortal stand out and add context to how "demophon" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 50 the demophon story in and guardians aphobus demophon and therippides. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "demophon" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aacl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with demophon
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Although his father provided well for him, his legal guardians, Aphobus, Demophon and Therippides, mishandled his inheritance. (17 words)
Nilsson (1940), p. 50: "The Demophon story in Eleusis is based on an older folk-tale motif which has nothing to do with the Eleusinian Cult. (26 words)
To reward his kindness, she planned to make Demophon immortal; she secretly anointed the boy with ambrosia and laid him in the flames of the hearth, to gradually burn away his mortal self. (33 words)
To reward his kindness, she planned to make Demophon immortal; she secretly anointed the boy with ambrosia and laid him in the flames of the hearth, to gradually burn away his mortal self. (33 words)
Nilsson (1940), p. 50: "The Demophon story in Eleusis is based on an older folk-tale motif which has nothing to do with the Eleusinian Cult. (26 words)
Although his father provided well for him, his legal guardians, Aphobus, Demophon and Therippides, mishandled his inheritance. (17 words)
Example sentences (3)
Although his father provided well for him, his legal guardians, Aphobus, Demophon and Therippides, mishandled his inheritance.
Nilsson (1940), p. 50: "The Demophon story in Eleusis is based on an older folk-tale motif which has nothing to do with the Eleusinian Cult.
To reward his kindness, she planned to make Demophon immortal; she secretly anointed the boy with ambrosia and laid him in the flames of the hearth, to gradually burn away his mortal self.