Triptolemus
Triptolemus | |
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Mount | Dragon-drawn chariot |
Parents | Oceanus and Gaia, or Celeus and Metanira |
Greek deities series |
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Chthonic deities |
Triptolemus
Mythology
Persephone's abduction
While
Adventures of the hero
When Triptolemus taught King Lyncus of the Scythians, the arts of agriculture, Lyncus refused to teach it to his people and then tried to murder Triptolemus. As punishment, Demeter turned Lyncus into a lynx. King Charnabon of the Getae also made an attempt on Triptolemus' life, killing one of his dragons to prevent his escape. Demeter intervened again, replacing the dragon and condemning Charnabon to a life of torment. Upon his death, Charnabon was placed in the stars as the constellation Ophiuchus, said to resemble a man trying to kill a serpent, as a warning to mortals who would think to betray those favoured by the gods.
Eleusinian Mysteries
In the archaic
Porphyry (On Abstinence IV.22) ascribes to Triptolemus three commandments for a simple, pious life: "Honor your parents", "Honor the gods with fruits"—for the Greeks, "fruits" would include the grain—and "Spare the animals" (Kerenyi, p128).
Triptolemus is also depicted as a young man with a branch or diadem placed in his hair, usually sitting on his chariot, adorned with
Celeus or the peasant
Relation | Names | Sources | ||||||||||||
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Schol. on Hesiod | Orphic Frag.[full citation needed] | Pher. | Mus. | Choe. | Pany. | Ovid | Sch. on Stat. | Apol. | Hyg.
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Paus. | Serv.
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Parentage | Cheimarrhoos and Polymnia | ✓[3] | ||||||||||||
Dysaules | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||||||
Oceanus and Gaia | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||||
Rharos and daughter of Amphictyon | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||||||
Celeus and Metanira | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||||
Celeus and Polymnia | ✓ | |||||||||||||
Eleusis | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||||||
Eleusinos (Eleusis) and Hyona | ✓ | |||||||||||||
Eleusinos (Eleusis) and Cothonea | ✓ | |||||||||||||
Eleusinos (Eleusis) and Cyntinea | ✓ | |||||||||||||
Trochilus and Eleusinian woman | ✓ | |||||||||||||
Siblings | Eubuleus | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||||
Cercyon (half-brother) | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||||||
Diogeneia | ✓ | |||||||||||||
Pammerope | ✓ | |||||||||||||
Saesara | ✓ |
See also
References
- Kerenyi, Karl, 1967. "Eleusis: Archetypal Image of Mother and Daughter (Princeton:Bollingen Series LXV.4)