Phytalus

Phytalus

(Φύταλος), an Eleusinian hero, who is said to have kindly received Demeter on her wanderings, and was rewarded by the goddess with a fig-tree (Paus. 1.37.2). To him the noble Athenian family of the Phytalidae traced their origin. (Plut. Thes. 12, 22.) [L.S]

Phytalus Phytalus

• entertains Demeter in his house: Paus. 1.37.2
• receives fig-tree from Demeter: Paus. 1.37.2
• descendants of Phytalus purify Theseus: Paus. 1.37.4