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 | | This was the darkest moment of Demeter, the girl's mother; and since not even the gods could help her, she, unable to find consolation, quitted Heaven and went about seeking her daughter all over the earth, carrying torches by night and by day. |
 | | It has also been told that Celeus 1 wished to kill Triptolemus on the latter's return, but when his intentions came to Demeter's knowledge, she handed over the kingdom to Triptolemus, who called the city Eleusis after his father, and established those sacred rites in honor of Demeter, which are called Thesmophoria. |
 | | According to the Argives, Trochilus was a priest of Demeter, who fled from Argos and, having come to Attica, married an Eleusinian woman, by whom he had Triptolemus and Eubuleus. |
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