Eumolpus

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Eumolpus is a figure in Greek mythology known as a legendary Thracian king and priest of Demeter, associated with the Eleusinian Mysteries.

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Label Occurrences
Eumolpus canonical 3
mythical Thracian king Eumolpus 1

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf human
king
mythological figure
priest
associatedWith Demeter
Eleusinian Mysteries
Eleusis
Eumolpidae
category Eleusinian characters in Greek mythology
Heroes in Greek mythology
Thracian kings in mythology
child Immaradus
Ismarus
Keryx
cultCenter Eleusis
culture Greek mythology
deathCause killed in battle against Erechtheus
domain Eleusis
Thrace
ethnicity Thracian
father Poseidon
founderOf Eumolpidae
gender male
grandfather Boreas
grandmother Oreithyia
linked to: Orithyia
languageOfTradition Ancient Greek
linkedDeity Persephone
mother Chione
mythologicalEvent war between Eleusis and Athens
mythType heroic legend
notableFor introduction of Demeter’s cult to Eleusis
role in establishing Eleusinian Mysteries
occupation priest of Demeter
opponent Erechtheus
participatedIn Eleusinian Mysteries
roleInCult founder of Eleusinian priestly family Eumolpidae
sourceMention Apollodorus
Hyginus
Pausanias
spouse Deiope
title King of Thrace
veneratedBy Eumolpidae
Kerykes
worshipContext mystery cult of Demeter and Persephone
worshippedAs hero at Eleusis

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Children of Poseidon includes Eumolpus
Thracian settlement of Eumolpia associatedWith mythical Thracian king Eumolpus
linked to: Eumolpus
Satyricon mainCharacter Eumolpus