See also:

• EUMOLPUS (" sweet singer ")

EUMOLPUS (" sweet See also:

• SINGER, SIMEON (1846-1906)

singer ")  , in See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek See also:

• MYTHOLOGY

mythology, son of See also:

• POSEIDON

Poseidon and Chione, the daughter of See also:

• BOREAS

Boreas, legendary See also:

• PRIEST (Ger. Priester, Fr. pretre)

priest, poet and See also:

• WARRIOR

warrior . He finally settled in See also:

• THRACE

Thrace, where he became See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king . During a See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war between the Eleusinians and Athenians under See also:

• ERECHTHEUS

Erechtheus, he went to the assistance of the former, who on a previous occasion had shown him hospitality, but was slain with his two sons, Phorbas and Immaradus . According to another tradition, Erechtheus and Immaradus lost their lives; the Eleusinians then submitted to See also:

• ATHENS
• ATHENS ['AN vat, Athenae, modem colloquial Greek `Ath va]

Athens on See also:

• CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition that they alone should celebrate the mysteries, and that See also:

• EUMOLPUS (" sweet singer ")

Eumolpus and the daughters of Celeus should perform the sacrifices . It is asserted by others that Eumolpus with a See also:

• COLONY (Lat. colonia, from colonus, a cultivator)

colony of Thracians laid claim to See also:

• ATTICA

Attica as having belonged to his See also:

• FATHER

father Poseidon (Isocrates, Panath . 193) . The Eleusinian mysteries were generally considered to have been founded by Eumolpus, the first priest of See also:

• DEMETER

Demeter, but, according to some, by Eumolpus the son of See also:

• MUSAEUS

Musaeus, Eumolpus the Thracian being the father of Keryx, the ancestor of the priestly See also:

• FAMILY

family of the Kerykes . As priest, Eumolpus purifies Heracles from the See also:

• MURDER

murder of the See also:

• CENTAURS

Centaurs; as musician, he instructs him (as well as See also:

• LINUS

Linus and See also:

• ORPHEUS

Orpheus) in playing the See also:

• LYRE (Gr. Xupa)

lyre, and is the reputed inventor of vocal accompaniments to the See also:

• FLUTE

flute . Suidas reckons him one of the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early poets and a writer of See also:

• HYMNS

hymns of See also:

• CONSECRATION (Lat. consecrallo, from con and sacrare, " to make sacred ")

consecration, and Diodorus Siculus quotes a See also:

• LINE

line from a Dionysiac hymn attrjbuted to Eumolpus . He is also said to have been the first priest of See also:

• DIONYSUS (probably = " son of Zeus," from & Os and vv(7os, a Thracian word for " son ")

Dionysus, and to have introduced the cultivation of the See also:

• VINE

vine and See also:

• FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit trees (See also:

• PLINY, THE ELDER
• PLINY, THE YOUNGER

Pliny, Nat . Hist. vii . 199) .

His See also:

• GRAVE

grave was shown at Athens and See also:

• ELEUSIS

Eleusis . His descendants, called Eumolpidae, together with the Kerykes, were the hereditary guardians of the mysteries (q.v.) . See See also:

• APOLLODORUS

Apollodorus ii . 5, iii . 15; See also:

• PAUSANIAS

Pausanias i . 38 . 2; See also:

• HYGINUS
• HYGINUS (surnamed GROMATICUS, from gruma, a surveyor's measuring-rod)
• HYGINUS, GAIUS JULIUS

Hyginus, Fab . 273; Homeric Hymn to Demeter, 476; See also:

• STRABO (born c. 63 n.c.)

Strabo vii. p . 321; Diod . Slc. i . 11 ; See also:

• ARTICLE (from Lat. articulus, a joint)

article " Eumolpidai," by J . A .

Hild in Daremberg and Saglio's Dictionnaire See also:

• DES

des antiquites .