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Chione, a daughter of Boreas and Oreithyia, and sister of Cleopatra, Zetes, and Calais. She became by Poseidon the mother of Eumolpus, and in order to conceal the event, she threw the boy into the sea; but the child was saved by Poseidon. (Apollod. iii. 15.2, 4 ; Paus. i. 38.3)
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MARONIA (Ancient city) RODOPI
Maron. A son of Evanthes (some also call him a son of Oenopion, Seilenus. or of Bacchus, and a pupil of Seilenus, Nonn. Dionys. xiv. 99; Eurip. Cyclop. 141, &c.), and grandson of Dionysus and Ariadne, was a priest of Apollo at Maroneia in Thrace, where he himself had a sanctuary. He was the hero of sweet wine, and is mentioned among the companions of Dionysus. (Hom. Od. ix. 197, &c.; Eustath. ad Hom. pp. 1615, 1623; Philostr. Her. ii. 8; Athen. i. p. 33; Diod. i. 18.)
ISMAROS (Ancient city) RODOPI
Eumolpus, (Eumolpos), that is, " the good singer," a Thracian who is
described as having come to Attica either as a bard, a warrior, or a priest of
Demeter and Dionysus. The common tradition, which, however, is of late origin,
represents him as a son of Poseidon and Chione, the daughter of Boreas and the
Attic heroine Oreithya. According to the tradition in Apollodorus (iii. 15.4),
Chione, after having given birth to Eumolpus in secret, threw the child into the
sea. Poseidon, however, took him up, and had him educated in Ethiopia by his daughter
Benthesicyma. When he had grown up, lie married a daughter of Ben thesicyma.;
but as he made an attempt upon the chastity of his wife's sister, Eumolpus and
his son Ismarus were expelled, and they went to the Thracian king Tegyrius, who
gave his daughter in marriage to Ismarus; but as Eumolpus drew upon himself the
suspicion of Tegyrius, he was again obliged to take to flight, and came to Eleusis
in Attica, where he formed a friendship with the Eleusinians. After tlhe death
of his son Ismsarus, however, lie returned to Thrace at the request of king Tegyrius.
The Eleusininians, who were involved in a war with Athens, called Eumolpus to
their assistance. Eumolpus came with a numerous band of Thracians, but he was
slain by Erechtheus. The traditions about this Eleusinian war, however, differ
very much. According to sonic, the Eleusinians under Eumolpus attacked the Athenians
under Erechtheus, but were defeated, and Eumolpus with his two sons, Phorbas and
Immaradus, were slain. (Thuc. ii. 15; Plat. Menex. ; Isocrat. Panath. 78; Plut.
Parall. Gr. et. Rom. 20 ; Schol. ad Eurip. Phoen. 854.) Pausanias (i. 38.3) relates
a tradition that in the battle between the Eleusinians and Athenians, Erechtheus
and Immaradus fell, and that thereupon peace was concluded on condition that the
Eleusinians should in other respects be subject to Athens, but that they alone
should have the celebration of their mysteries, and that Eumolpus and the daughters
of Celeus should perform the customary sacrifices. When Eumolpus died, his younger
son Ceryx succeeded him in the priestly office. According to Hyginus (Fab. 46;
comp. Strab. vii.), Eumolpus came to Attica with a colony of Thracians, to claim
the country as the property of his father, Poseidon. Mythology regards Eumolpus
as the founder of the Eleusinian mysteries, and as the first priest of Demeter
and Dionysus; the goddess herself taught him, Triptolemus, Diocles, and Celeus,
the sacred rites, and he is therefore sometimes described as having himself invented
the cultivation of the vine and of fruit-trees in general. (Hom. Hymn. in Cer.
476; Plin. H. N. vii. .53; Ov. Met. x. 93.) As Eumolpus was regarded as an ancient
priestly bard, poems and writings on the mysteries were fabricated and circulated
at a later time under his name. One hexameter line of a Dionysiac hymn, ascribed
to him, is preserved in Diodorus. (i. 11 ; Suid. s. v.) The legends connected
him also with Heracles, whom he is said to have instructed in music, or initiated
into the mysteries. (Hygin. Fab. 273; Theocrit. xxiv. 108; Apollod. ii. 5.12.)
The difference in the traditions about Eumolpus led some of the ancients to suppose
that two or three persons of that name ought to be distinguished. (Hesych. s.
v. Eumolpidai; Schol. ad Oed. Col. 1051; Phot. Lex. s. v. Eumolpidai.) The tomb
of Eumolpus was shewn both at Eleusis and Athens. (Paus. i. 38.2.)
This text is from: A dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology, 1873 (ed. William Smith). Cited Oct 2005 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
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