Eleusis (mythology)
{{Short description|Son of Hermes and the Oceanid Daeira}}
{{Infobox deity
| type = Greek
| name = Eleusis
| deity_of = Eponym of Eleusis
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| other_names = Eleusinus
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| abode = Eleusis
| consort = Cothonea
| parents = (1) Hermes and (2) Daeira; (3) Ogygus
| siblings = half-siblings: (2) Immaradus and Semele; (3) Cadmus, Aulis, Alalcomenia, and Thelxinia
| offspring = Triptolemus
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}}In Greek mythology, Eleusis ({{IPAc-en|ɪ|ˈ|l|j|uː|s|ɪ|s}} {{respell|ih|LEW|siss}}){{cite book |title=Longman Pronunciation Dictionary |url=https://archive.org/details/longman-pronunciation-dictionary/page/253/mode/2up |first=John C. |last= Wells |publisher=Longman |location=Harlow, England |year=2000 |origyear=1990 |edition=new |isbn=978-0-582-36467-7 |page=254}} or Eleusinus ({{langx|grc|Ἐλευσῖνι|Eleusîni}}, or {{langx|grc|Ἐλευσῖνα|Eleusîna|label=none}}) was the eponymous hero of the town of Eleusis.
Family
Eleusis was a son of Hermes and the Oceanid Daeira, or of Ogygus.Pausanias, 1.38.7 Panyassis wrote of him as father of Triptolemus, adding that "Demeter came to him";Cited in Apollodorus, 1.5.2 this version of the myth is found in the works of Hyginus and Servius. In other accounts, Eleusis had no offspring.
Mythology
King Eleusis and Cothonea (Cyntinia), parents of Triptolemus, are visited by Demeter, who rears their son, feeding him divine milk by day and placing him into the fire at night, which makes Triptolemus grow faster than mortal children normally do. She eventually kills Eleusis for intervening when the fire ritual is performed.Hyginus, Fabulae [https://topostext.org/work/206#147 147]; Servius on Virgil, Georgics 1.19 The myth is closely parallel with the one that deals with Demeter visiting Celeus and Metaneira (also possible parents of Triptolemus) and nursing their son Demophon.Homeric Hymn 5 to Demeter
In other accounts, Eleusis appears as a female character.{{Cite web|title=ELEUSIS - Greek Demi-Goddess of Eleusis & the Eleusinian Mysteries|url=https://www.theoi.com/Georgikos/EleusiniosEleusis.html|access-date=2021-09-19|website=www.theoi.com}}
See also
Notes
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References
- Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. {{ISBN|0-674-99135-4}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0021 Greek text available from the same website].
- Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. [https://topostext.org/work/206 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
- The Homeric Hymns and Homerica with an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Homeric Hymns. Cambridge, MA.,Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1914. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0138%3Ahymn%3D2 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0137 Greek text available from the same website].
- Pausanias, Description of Greece with an 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. {{ISBN|0-674-99328-4}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0160 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library]
- Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0159 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
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