332:, were slain. Pausanias relates a tradition that in the battle between the Eleusinians and Athenians, Erechtheus and Immaradus fell, and that thereupon peace was concluded on condition that the Eleusinians should in other respects be subject to Athens, but that they alone should have the celebration of their mysteries, and that Eumolpus and the daughters of Celeus should perform the customary sacrifices. His son,
395:. Eumolpus was regarded as an ancient priestly bard, poems and writings on the mysteries were fabricated and circulated at a later time under his name. One hexameter line of a Dionysiac hymn, ascribed to him, is preserved in Diodorus. The legends connected him also with Heracles, whom he is said to have instructed in music, or initiated into the mysteries.
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to avenge his son's death. Zeus killed
Erechtheus with a lightning bolt or Poseidon made the earth open up and swallow Erechtheus. According to Hyginus, Eumolpus came to Attica with a colony of Thracians, to claim the country as the property of his father, Poseidon.
284:, raised the child as their own. When he grew up, Eumolpus married one of Benthesikyme's two daughters by her Ethiopian husband. Eumolpus however, loved a different daughter and made an attempt upon her chastity, and was banished because of this. He went to
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The traditions about this
Eleusinian war, however, differ very much. According to some, the Eleusinians under Eumolpus attacked the Athenians under Erechtheus, but were defeated, and Eumolpus with his two sons,
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Eumolpus was shown both at Eleusis and Athens. The difference in the traditions about Eumolpus led some of the ancients to suppose that two or three persons of that name ought to be distinguished.
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Eumolpus. The fingers of the well-preserved statue indicate that the figure was originally carrying a bow and arrow, typical of Thracian warriors.
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English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918.
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English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Homeric Hymns. Cambridge, MA.,Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1914.
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In Eleusis, Eumolpus became one of the first priests of
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A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology
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292:(or Immaradus) who was married to the daughter of King
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1174:Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
1163:edited by A. Meineke. Leipzig: Teubner. 1877.
1155:Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
1131:Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
1114:Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
1054:Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
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348:Eleusis lost the battle with Athens but the
193:either as a bard, a warrior, or a priest of
185:"song", "singing") was a legendary king of
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23:. For the character in the Satyricon, see
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1224:Musicians in Greek mythology
475:Sweeney, Emmet John (2010).
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598:Homeric Hymn to Demeter
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264:, Chione, daughter of
1254:Mythology of Heracles
1183:Titus Flavius Clemens
1067:Description of Greece
774:Bibliotheca historica
548:Clement of Alexandria
438:Ulrike Koch-Brinkmann
336:, was killed by King
1264:Eleusinian mythology
1239:Children of Poseidon
1123:Publius Ovidius Naso
1085:Graeciae Descriptio.
1026:Gaius Julius Hyginus
309:Eleusinian Mysteries
1269:Primordial teachers
968:10.4000/techne.2707
894:Graeciae Descriptio
677:Graeciae Descriptio
586:Graeciae Descriptio
1244:Consorts of Selene
1234:Children of Apollo
927:Oedipus at Colonus
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791:Suda Encyclopedia
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869:Philochorus
837:Apollodorus
702:Geographica
695:; compare:
675:Pausanias,
618:Apollodorus
566:Apollodorus
408:Philochorus
370:Triptolemus
364:Other feats
262:Apollodorus
256:Early years
173:: Εὔμολπος
1218:Categories
996:References
943:Eumolpidai
911:Eumolpidai
819:Theocritus
663:Phoenissae
537:Eumolpidai
481:. Algora.
350:Eumolpides
338:Erechtheus
282:Amphitrite
1063:Pausanias
1002:Anonymous
985:226784786
977:1254-7867
922:Sophocles
906:Hesychius
705:7, p. 321
688:Hyginus,
658:Euripides
639:Isocrates
582:Pausanias
334:Immaradus
330:Immaradus
270:Oreithyia
251:Mythology
238:Immarados
103:Immaradus
98:Offspring
1159:Strabo,
650:Plutarch
637:p. 239;
478:Atlantis
387:and the
294:Tegyrius
276:, where
274:Ethiopia
234:Astycome
211:Poseidon
199:Dionysus
175:Eúmolpos
129:Eumolpus
114:; ?
76:Astycome
63:Poseidon
39:King of
33:Eumolpus
1050:Moralia
877:fr. 200
863:Smith,
807:Fabulae
803:Hyginus
720:Demeter
690:Fabulae
533:Lexicon
529:Photius
464:. 1831.
442:Riace B
414:by the
412:Musaeus
404:Musaeus
374:Diocles
354:Kerykes
326:Phorbas
305:Demeter
298:Eleusis
290:Ismarus
242:Oceanid
240:by the
215:Neptune
195:Demeter
116:Phorbas
108:Musaeus
82:Consort
59:Parents
53:Eleusis
1147:Strabo
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679:1.38.3
635:Menex.
622:3.15.4
588:1.38.2
570:3.15.4
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429:Legacy
419:Selene
393:Pelias
378:Celeus
376:, and
313:Athens
286:Thrace
266:Boreas
245:Daeira
223:Libyan
219:Chione
205:Family
191:Attica
187:Thrace
92:Selene
87:Daeira
72:Apollo
67:Chione
41:Thrace
981:S2CID
941:s. v.
787:Suida
759:10.93
535:s.v.
448:Notes
385:aulos
231:nymph
183:molpe
112:Ceryx
48:Abode
1106:ISBN
1071:ISBN
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973:ISSN
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909:s.v.
793:s.v.
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751:Ovid
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666:854.
555:45.1
510:ISBN
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389:lyre
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