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  Demophon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In Greek mythology, Demophon was a son of King Celeus and Queen Metanira.
While Demeter was searching for her daughter, Persephone, having taken the form of an old woman called Doso, she received a hospitable welcome from Celeus, the King of Eleusis in Attica.
Demeter was unable to complete the ritual because his mother Metanira walked in and saw her son in the fire and screamed in fright, which angered Demeter, who lamented that foolish mortals do not understand the concept and ritual.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Demophon   (277 words)

  
 Triptolemo - Wikipedia
Triptolemo era hijo del rey Celeo y la reina Metanira de Eleusis en el Ática.
Así conoció a Metanira, quien le pidió que cuidase de su hijo Demofonte, hermano de Triptolemo.
Según otras fuentes, fue la propia Metanira quien vigilaba a Deméter y quien la sorprendió.
es.wikipedia.org /wiki/Triptolemo   (566 words)

  
 celeus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
While Demeter was searching for her daughter, having taken the form of an old woman called Doso, she received a hospitable welcome from Celeus, the King of Eleusis in Attica.
As a gift to Celeus, because of his hospitality, Demeter planned to make Demophon immortal by burning his mortal spirit away in the family hearth every night.
She was unable to complete the ritual because Metanira walked in on her one night.
www.yourencyclopedia.net /celeus.html   (245 words)

  
 Deméter - Wikipedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
Celeo le pidió que cuidase de Demofonte y Triptolemo, los hijos que había tenido con Metanira.
Como regalo a Celeo por su hospitalidad, Deméter planeó hacer inmortal a Demofonte, alimentándolo con leche durante el día y acostándolo desnudo sobre carbones al rojo vivo por la noche en la chimenea del hogar familiar.
No pudo completar el ritual porque Metanira le interrumpió asustada una noche.
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 Metanira -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
In (The mythology of the ancient Greeks) Greek mythology, Metanira was a Queen of (Click link for more info and facts about Eleusis) Eleusis and wife of (Click link for more info and facts about Celeus) Celeus.
He asked her to nurse (Click link for more info and facts about Demophon) Demophon and (Click link for more info and facts about Triptolemus) Triptolemus, his sons by Metanira.
He flew across the land on a winged chariot while Demeter and ((Greek mythology) daughter of Zeus and Demeter; made queen of the underworld by Pluto in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Proserpina) Persephone cared for him, and helped him complete his mission of educating the whole of Greece on the art of agriculture.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/m/me/metanira.htm   (186 words)

  
 Demeter, Greek Mythology Link.
Demeter loved him, and wishing to make him immortal, she anointed him by day with ambrosia as if he were a god, and by night she put him on the fire and stripped off its mortal flesh.
But as the child grew marvelously by day, Praxithea 2, an Eleusinian woman, watched her, and when she saw the child in the fire, she cried out and the babe was consumed by the flames.
Others say that Metanira herself watched Demeter's procedures and lamented in alarm, and when Demeter heard her she snatched the child from the fire and cast him to the ground, saying:
homepage.mac.com /cparada/GML/Demeter.html   (2519 words)

  
 Esoteric myths of Greece   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
In fact, Demeter was so pleased with how well she was received by Triptolemus and his wife Metanira, that she decided to do a great favor for them.
Demeter was in the process of holding Demophon in the flames when suddenly his mother Metanira came into the room, screamed loudly, and broke the spell.
After Demeter explained what she had intended to do, Triptolemus and Metanira forgave her, but still were very sad over the loss of Demophon.
www.dl.ket.org /latin1/things/holidays/thanksgiving/esoteric.htm   (342 words)

  
 Edith Hamilton: "La mitología"
Deméter crió de esta manera a Demofonte, el hijo que Metanira había dado al sabio Céleo.
Dió a conocer su personalidad a las mujeres asustadas y les dijo que si querían recuperar su favor era preciso que edificaran en su honor un gran templo a la entrada de la ciudad.
Metanira cayó muda en el suelo y todas las demás temblaban de miedo.
roble.pntic.mec.es /~jgomez10/ceres.html   (1506 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Demeter
In Greek mythology, Phytalus gave Demeter hospitality when she was searching for her daughter, Persephone.
In Greek mythology, Demophon referred to two different kings: one of Eleusis and the other, Athens Demophon was a son of King Celeus and Queen Metanira.
Later, Triptolemus taught Lyncus, King of the Scythians the arts of agriculture but he refused to teach it to his people and then tried to kill Triptolemus.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Demeter   (3668 words)

  
 Demophon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
While Demeter was searching for her daughter having the form of an old woman called Doso she received a hospitable welcome from the King of Eleusis in Attica.
As a to Celeus because of his hospitality Demeter to make Demophon immortal by burning his spirit away in the family hearth every She was unable to complete the ritual Metanira walked in on her one night.
Demeter chose to teach Triptolemus the art agriculture and from him the rest of learned the plant and reap crops.
www.freeglossary.com /Demophon   (223 words)

  
 demeter
Some women were in the house, and when they bade her sit down beside them, a certain old crone, Iambe, joked the goddess and made her smile.For that reason they say that the women break jests at the Thesmophoria.
But Metanira, wife of Celeus, had a child and Demeter received it to nurse, and wishing to make it immortal she set the babe of nights on the fire and stripped off its mortal flesh.
But for Triptolemus, the elder of Metanira's children, she made a chariot of winged dragons, and gave him wheat, with which, wafted through the sky, he sowed the whole inhabited earth.
www.bsu.edu /classes/magrath/305s01/demeter/demeter.html   (1072 words)

  
 Demeter -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
In an alternate version, ((Greek mythology) Greek goddess of fertility who later became associated with Persephone as goddess of the underworld and protector of witches) Hecate rescued Persephone.
He asked her to nurse (Click link for more info and facts about Demophon) Demophon and (Click link for more info and facts about Triptolemus) Triptolemus, his sons by (Click link for more info and facts about Metanira) Metanira.
Instead, Demeter chose to teach Triptolemus the art of agriculture; from him the rest of (A republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula; known for grapes and olives and olive oil) Greece learned to plant and reap crops.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/d/de/demeter.htm   (1507 words)

  
 Eleusis, Greek Mythology Link.
In any case, both Celeus 1 and Eleusinus are said to have died at the time when Demeter visited Eleusis.
Of the many children of Celeus 1 and Metanira, who are named Demophon 2, Triptolemus, Saesara, Diogenia 2, Pammerope, Clisidice, Demo 2, Callithoe and Callidice 3, no descent can be traced except for Saesara, who having married Coco, gave birth to Meganira.
Meganira, some say, was the wife of Arcas 1, the son of Zeus and Callisto after whom Arcadia was named.
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 Tanglewood Tales, by Nathaniel Hawthorne; The Pomegranate Seeds. Page 15
You may imagine, if you can, how Queen Metanira shrieked, thinking nothing less than that her dear child would be burned to a cinder.
She burst forth from her hiding-place, and running to the hearth, raked open the fire, and snatched up poor little Prince Demophoon out of his bed of live coals, one of which he was gripping in each of his fists.
Saying these words, she kissed the little Prince Demophoon, and sighed to think what he had lost, and took her departure without heeding Queen Metanira, who entreated her to remain, and cover up the child among the hot embers as often as she pleased.
www.pagebypagebooks.com /Nathaniel_Hawthorne/Tanglewood_Tales/The_Pomegranate_Seeds_p15.html   (571 words)

  
 The Kidnapping of Persephone
The mother, Metanira, saw this and took him from the ashes.
In the other version, after she left Celeus and Metanira, she went from land to land, and finally stood at the River Cyane.
In "The Pomegranate Seeds," after she left Celeus and Metanira, she cursed the Earth so nothing would grow until her daughter was returned.
www.byzantinecommunications.com /adamhoward/homework/gradeschool/persephone.html   (913 words)

  
 Charles CHIASSON
In Herodotus' narrative it is the unwitting prayer of the boys' mother to Hera that precipitates their death, and in this association between maternity and mortality we see a Panhellenic mythical motif that is familiar from early Greek hexameter poetry.
An especially instructive parallel is the Eleusinian queen Metanira, who in the Homeric Hymn to Demeter inadvertently interrupts her son's immortalization by the goddess, thus condemning him to mortal existence.
Initiation ritual is reflected not only in the setting of the narrative (the Argive festival known as the Heraia), but also in details of vocabulary and emplotment that call attention to the brothers' liminal status, poised between childhood and manhood.
www.apaclassics.org /AnnualMeeting/05mtg/abstracts/chiasson.html   (316 words)

  
 Perseus Lookup Tool   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
King of Eleusis, husband of Metanira, and father of Demophon and Triptolemus.
The goddess, in return, wished to make his son Demophon immortal, and placed him in the fire in order to destroy his mortal parts; but Metanira screamed aloud at the sight, and Demophon was destroyed by the flames.
Demophon and Akamas walk their horses to the right; the horses are named Phalios and Kalliphora.
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 Demeter
To reward his hospitality she intended to make the boy Demophon immortal by placing him each night in the hearth, to burn his mortal nature away.
The spell was broken one night because Metanira, the wife of Celeus, walked in on her while she was performing this ritual.
Demeter taught the other son, Triptolemus, the principles of agriculture, who, in turn, taught others this art.
www.pantheon.org /articles/d/demeter.html?esc   (489 words)

  
 Demeter and Eleuis
When they started to question her, Demeter told them she was looking for a shelter and she would be glad to work as a servant.
It happened that Celeus' wife Metanira had just been delivered a son, so she welcomed the old
Metanira was curious about what Demeter was doing with the child.
hyper.vcsun.org /HyperNews/jhartzog/get/classics315/697.html   (459 words)

  
 Pagina nueva 1
Había allí unas ancianas, que la invitaron a sentarse con ellas y una, Yambe, la hizo sonreír con sus bromas.
La diosa entró luego al servicio de Metanira, esposa de Céleo, en calidad dd nodriza.
La diosa trató del hacerlo inmortal, pero no lo consiguió debido a la inoportuna intervención de Metanira, y, dándose a conocer, dio a Triptólemo la misión de difundir por el mundo el culto del trigo.
www.temakel.com /demeter.htm   (690 words)

  
 Bulfinch's Mythology, The Age of Fable - Chapter 7: Proserpine - Glaucus and Scylla
As they entered the cottage, they found all in great distress, for the boy seemed past hope of recovery.
Metanira, his mother, received her kindly, and the goddess stooped and kissed the lips of the sick child.
Instantly the paleness left his face, and healthy vigour returned to his body.
www.bulfinch.org /fables/bull7.html   (3058 words)

  
 SUNELWEB   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
Figlio di Celeo, re di Eleusi, e di Metanira, inventore dell'agricoltura e giudice dell'inferno.
Durante la notte Cerere, grata per l'ospitalità, decide di far dono al bambino dell'immortalità ed inizia uno strano rito, alla fine del quale pone il bimbo sul fuoco, ma Metanira, madre di Trittolemo, spaventata interrompe il rito, privando involontariamente il figlio del dono divino.
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 Demophon
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The son of Celeus and Metanira, king and queen of Eleusis.
Demeter raised the child as a divine being, and put him every night in the fire.
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 A Smaller Classical Dictionary of Biography, Mythology and Geography - ssapia, Messenia, Mestra, Metabus, Metanira, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
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