Triptolemos

Triptolemos Triptolemus Triptolemos

various legends as to his parentage: Paus. 1.14.2ff.
elder son of Metanira and Celeus, receives a dragon-drawn chariot and wheat from Demeter, and sows the whole earth: Apollod. vol. 1.44
according to others, a son of Eleusis or of Ocean and Earth: Apollod. vol. 1.44
the first to sow grain: Paus. 1.14.2ff.
mysteries of Eleusis revealed to him by Demeter: Paus. 2.14.3
teaches Eumelus and Arcas to sow corn: Paus. 7.18.2, Paus. 8.4.1
his chariot drawn by dragons: Paus. 7.18.3
with Eumelus founds city Anthea: Paus. 7.18.3
his image at Athens: Paus. 1.14.1
temple, altar, and threshing-floor of Triptolemus at Eleusis: Paus. 1.38.6

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