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 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
king ⓘ
mythological figure ⓘ
priest ⓘ
associatedWith Demeter NERFINISHED ⓘ
Eleusinian Mysteries NERFINISHED ⓘ
Eleusis NERFINISHED ⓘ
Eumolpidae NERFINISHED ⓘ
category Eleusinian characters in Greek mythology ⓘ
Heroes in Greek mythology ⓘ
Thracian kings in mythology ⓘ
child Immaradus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ismarus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Keryx NERFINISHED ⓘ
cultCenter Eleusis NERFINISHED ⓘ
culture Greek mythology ⓘ
deathCause killed in battle against Erechtheus ⓘ
domain Eleusis NERFINISHED ⓘ
Thrace NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicity Thracian ⓘ
father Poseidon NERFINISHED ⓘ
founderOf Eumolpidae NERFINISHED ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
grandfather Boreas NERFINISHED ⓘ
grandmother Oreithyia NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfTradition Ancient Greek ⓘ
linkedDeity Persephone NERFINISHED ⓘ
mother Chione NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
participatedIn Eleusinian Mysteries NERFINISHED ⓘ
roleInCult founder of Eleusinian priestly family Eumolpidae ⓘ
sourceMention Apollodorus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hyginus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pausanias NERFINISHED ⓘ
spouse Deiope NERFINISHED ⓘ
title King of Thrace NERFINISHED ⓘ
veneratedBy Eumolpidae NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kerykes NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 ⓘ