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	Triptolemus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Triptolemus ("threefold warrior"; also Buzyges), in Greek mythology always connected with Demeter of the Eleusinian Mysteries, might be accounted the son of King Celeus of Eleusis in Attica, or, according to Apollodorus (Library I.v.2), the son of Gaia and Okeanos—another way of saying he was "primordial man".
		Triptolemus was equally associated with the bestowal of hope for the afterlife associated with the expansion of the Eleusinian Mysteries (Kerenyi 1967 p 123).
		Triptolemus is also depicted as a young man with a branch or diadem placed in his hair, usually sitting on his winged chariot, adorned with serpents.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Triptolemus (531 words)

	Triptolemus: biography and encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In greek mythology, metanira was a queen of eleusis and wife of celeus....
		In greek mythology, king lyncus ("lynx") of the scythians was taught the arts of agriculture by triptolemus but he refused to teach it to his people and...
		Triptolemus is depicted as a young man with a branch or diadem placed in his hair, EHandler: no quick summary.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/t/tr/triptolemus.htm (936 words)

	TRIPTOLEMUS - LoveToKnow Article on TRIPTOLEMUS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Here she was hospitably received by Celeus, and out of gratitude would have made his son Demophon immortal by anointing him with ambrosia and destroying his mortal parts by fire; but Metaneira, happening to see what was going on, screamed out and disturbed the goddess.
		Demophon was burnt to death, and Demeter, to console his parents, took upon herself the care of Triptolemus, instructed him in everything connected with agriculture, and presented him with a wonderful chariot, in which he travelled all over the woi1d, spreading the knowledge of the precious art and the blessings of civilization.
		In works of art Triptolemus appears mounted on a chariot (winged or drawn by dragons, symbols of the fruitfulness of the earth), with Demeter and Persephone handing him the implements of agriculture.
	33.1911encyclopedia.org /T/TR/TRIPTOLEMUS.htm (453 words)

	Demeter, Greek Mythology Link.
		Some say that Triptolemus was the son of Celeus 1, but others say otherwise, and there are many other versions of his parentage: Eleusis and Cothonea; Trochilus and an unidentified Eleusinian woman; Oceanus and Gaia; Dysaules and an unknown woman; Rarus and Amphictyon's Daughter.
		As Triptolemus was growing more than mortals usually do, they watched Demeter, and when the king saw terrified that Demeter was about to put the child in the fire, the goddess struck Eleusinus dead.
		Triptolemus established the sacred rites in honor of Demeter, which are called Thesmophoria.
	homepage.mac.com /cparada/GML/Demeter.html (2540 words)

	Notebook (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Besides Eleusis, Triptolemus had a sanctuary and altar at Athens to which were dedicated as in the case of Demeter and Kore the first fruits of the Harvest.
		Triptolemus was one of a trinity with Demeter and Persephone, and it was said that he introduced the worship of Demeter and the Kore to Eleusis.
		The Triptolemus story had been a subject of inspiration to the artists of antiquity who usually portrayed him as a young man with a sceptre in one hand and ears of corn in the other which were the symbols of his power and the fertility of nature.
	www.noteaccess.com /APPROACHES/AGW/Triptolemus.htm (261 words)

	Eleusinian Mysteries - Crystalinks
		Celeus was a king whose son, Triptolemus, learned the art of agriculture from Demeter and taught it to the rest of Greece.
		Triptolemus is depicted receiving seeds from Demeter and teaching mankind how to work the fields to grow crops with Persephone holding her hand over his head to protect him.
		Vases and other works of relief sculpture, from the 4th, 5th and 6th centuries BCE depict Triptolemus, holding an ear of corn, sitting on a winged throne or chariot, surrounded by Persephone and Demeter with pine torches.
	www.crystalinks.com /eleusinian.html (1715 words)

	TRIPTOLEMUS - Online Information article about TRIPTOLEMUS
		CONSOLE (a French form, supposed to be an abbreviation of consolide, from Lat.
		console his parents, took upon herself the care of Triptolemus, instructed him in everything connected with agriculture, and presented him with a wonderful chariot, in which he travelled all over the world, spreading the knowledge of the See also:
		In works of art Triptolemus appears mounted on a chariot (winged or drawn by dragons, symbols of the fruitfulness of the See also:
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /TOO_TUM/TRIPTOLEMUS.html (725 words)

	Esoteric myths of Greece (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Triptolemus was a handsome young man, the son of the king of Eleusis on the coast near Athens.
		Triptolemus got in the chariot and rode through all the lands of the world sharing what he had learned about agriculture and giving each person he met some of the seeds of wheat.
		In gratitude to Demeter for all that she did for him and for mankind, Triptolemus established the festival of Thesmophoria in her honor.
	www.dl.ket.org /latin1/things/holidays/thanksgiving/esoteric.htm (342 words)

	Frazer, Sir James George. 1922. The Golden Bough
		A consciousness of the intimate connexion of the pig with the corn lurks in the legend that the swineherd Eubuleus was a brother of Triptolemus, to whom Demeter first imparted the secret of the corn.
		Indeed, according to one version of the story, Eubuleus himself received, jointly with his brother Triptolemus, the gift of the corn from Demeter as a reward for revealing to her the fate of Persephone.
		Further, it is to be noted that at the Thesmophoria the women appear to have eaten swine’s flesh.
	www.bartleby.com /196/pages/page470.html (345 words)

	part6c (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		It is a dead stone (the Soul in the physical body, or Persephone in the kingdom of Hades) which must be brought to life, as the "living stone" of the Bible.
		Triptolemus becomes a judge in the underworld because he is the divine child of the Higher Self who is the Individuality of the Solar Triad.
		The scales of Libra, the Higher Mind, weigh the actions of the Soul as it passes from the Lower Self (Scorpio, Sagittarius and Capricorn) across the bridge of liberation from its bondage or crucifixion in the physical body.
	members.aol.com /maatmythology/part6c.htm (2434 words)

	THE MYSTERIES OF ELEUSIS: Agriculture and History by Sanderson Beck
		Triptolemus, famed in legend and featured in statuary and art as the Eleusinian who spread Demeter's gift to other lands, did not seem to have a significant function in the mystery rites themselves.
		I will tell the story of Triptolemus, omitting what relates to Deiope, Of all the Greeks it is the Argives who must dispute the claim of the Athenians to antiquity and to the possession of gifts of the gods, just as among the barbarians it is the Egyptians who dispute the claims of the Phrygians.
		Choerilus the Athenian, in a drama called Alope says that Cercyon and Triptolemus were brothers, that their mother was a daughter of Amphictyon, but that the father of Triptolemus was Rarus, and that the father of Cercyon was Poseidon.
	www.san.beck.org /Eleusis-2.html (6705 words)

	Homeric Hymn to Demeter: Background Notes
		He was also said to be the son of Metaneira and Keleos, and in myth he gradually replaces Demophon as the nursling of Demeter.
		Triptolemus is often represented as a youth, and usually in his winged chariot.
		of the late classical period (360-350 bce) representing the initiation of Herakles into the Eleusinian Mysteries, Triptolemus appears in his chariot on the lower right; Persephone stands in the center, and Demeter is seated at the lower left.
	mkatz.web.wesleyan.edu /cciv110x/hhdemeter/cciv110.back.demeter.html (2197 words)

	Homeric Hymn to Demeter: Illustrations and Study Questions
		Attic red figure skyphos of the late archaic period (490-480 bce) depicting the departure of Triptolemus to disseminate the art of agriculture.
		Triptolemus sits on a wheeled throne with wings, which is decorated with a bearded snake; he holds stalks of grain in his left hand and a drinking-cup in the right one.
		Persephone stands before him holding a torch in one hand and a vessel from which she is about to pour wine into Triptolemus' drinking-cup.
	mkatz.web.wesleyan.edu /cciv110x/hhdemeter/study.Demeter.html (887 words)

	The Temple Tour - Corinthian Hall
		On the second panel to the left is Triptolemus, holding a patera (a broad, flat saucer used for pouring libations) in his right hand and heads of grain in his left.
		Behind the chariot is Demeter, goddess of grain, with a torch and some heads of grain in her hand.
		On the fourth, from an engraved stone, are the laws of Triptolemus.
	www.pagrandlodge.org /tour/corinthe.html (1594 words)

	Persephone
		Then the goddess entered the house of the queen, Metaneria, to nurse either her son Demophoon, or his elder brother, Triptolemus, according to some versions of this story.
		Afterwards, one night, the queen witnessed a strange spectacle, when she saw the old woman holding the child by one leg and letting him touch the fire.
		Later Triptolemus was to become the judge of the underworld, and he was sometimes depicted as Minos, Aeacus, and Rhadamanthys.
	www.themystica.com /mythical-folk/articles/persephone.html (756 words)

	Greek Mythology: TRIPTOLEMUS / TRIPTOLEMOS God of the Sowing and Threshing of Grain w/ Pictures
		On Triptolemus she [Demeter] conferred everlasting honour, for she gave him her chariot yoked with Serpents to spread the cultivation of grain.
		For when Ceres [Demeter] was distributing her bounties to men, she bade Triptolemus, whose nurse she had been, go around to all the nations and distribute grain, so that they and their descendants might more easily rise above primitive ways of living.
		She took Triptolemus into her lap, and stroked him three times with her hand, uttered three spells, spells which a mortal voice may not repeat, and buried the child’s body in the hearth’s living embers to purge his human dross with fire.
	www.theoi.com /Georgikos/EleusiniosTriptolemos.html (2083 words)

	GENESIS OF CULTIVATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Triptolemus sets forth on the long trip the that the Eleusynian goddess imposed on him, to spread the cultivation of wheat to people.
		The wheat and the torch are especially important in the celebration of the mysteries; Demeter holds these things, standing behind Triptolemus.
		On the other side of the vase, Dionysus is depicted with several other gods as a figure corresponding to Triptolemus; as Triptolemus spread the cultivation of wheat, D. spread the cultivation of the vine.
	bama.ua.edu /~ksummers/cl222/LECT8/tsld006.htm (146 words)

	The Peloponnesian War Book I: Precursors
		Triptolemus looked to Kerykes who nodded and began, "Thirty years ago, after the war with Persia, our city-states divided into two alliances, admittedly not a comfortable position for anyone, but things have been peaceful since then.
		Triptolemus flopped his head from side to side, "Yes and no. There are some...
		Triptolemus must have engaged a new cook, for the food was extraordinary and she hadn't remembered it being quite that good the previous year.
	www.xenafan.com /fiction/content2/precur1.html (11321 words)

	History and the Mysterious Quest
		It was Celeus's son, Triptolemus, whose sharp eyes witnessed the abduction of the beautiful Persephone by Hades, ruthless ruler of the underworld.
		For his role in recovering Persephone, Triptolemus was given a plow by Demeter and taught the gifts of agriculture.
		As sower and harvester, Triptolemus is celebrated on this Greek stamp (Scott 1100).
	www.themysterybox.com /Features/triptolemus/tripto.html (170 words)

	Dream-Hunter.com
		When she was looking for her daughter, in the shape of an old woman called Doso, she was welcomed by Celeus, the king of Eleusis (in Attica).
		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.kinleymacgregor.com /dream/demeter.htm (454 words)

	Demeter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Demeter searched in vain for her daughter, until Triptolemus, who had seen the abduction, told his story.
		Demeter was so angry, that instead of returning to Olympus, she wandered about the earth forbidding any plants to yield fruit, until the race of humans approached extinction.
		So that mankind would not starve during the winter she supplied Triptolemus with seed corn, a plough, and a chariot drawn by snakes; and sent him all over the world to teach t he art of agriculture.
	projects.edtech.sandi.net /kimbrough/greekgods/demeter2.html (416 words)

	Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, page 677 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		.he Vatican Museum, representing the myth of Triptolemus (Lenonnant and De Wittp, -Mtte« Cframographiques, III, Ixiii).
		Such is the famous vase found at Cumse and now at St. Petersburg; the groundwork of which is covered with a brilliant fl, and is vertically fluted.
		It has two friezes with figures in relief, the upper representing Triptolemus and the Eleusinian goddesses : the lower, lions, dogs, panthers, and griffins (Baumeister, fig.
	www.ancientlibrary.com /seyffert/0680.html (484 words)

	Chapter Yahoo <i>to</i> Yeruti of Y by Brewer's Readers Handbook
		Triptolemus), the factor, an experimental agriculturist of Stourburgh or Harfra.
		Mistress Baby or Barbary Yellowley, sister and housekeeper of Triptolemus.
		Old Jasper Yellowley, father of Triptolemus and Barbary.—Sir W. Scott: The Pirate (time, William III.).
	www.bibliomania.com /2/3/174/1135/15099/2.html (523 words)

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		The son of King Celeus of Eleusis, Triptolemus herded his father's cattle.
		One day he observed the daughter of Demeter, Persephone, being carried off in the chariot of her abductor, Hades, god of the underworld.
		Persephone was restored to her mother, and Demeter gave Triptolemus the wooden plow and seed corn, and then sent him to instruct mortals in the art of agriculture.
	www.fortunecity.co.uk /jodrellbank/gargoyle/100/t.html (2105 words)

	CLAS 231: Chapter Nine
		roles of the mortals Celeus, Metaneira, Demophon, Triptolemus, and the daughters of Celeus
		Demeter and Persephone send Triptolemus (red figure vase, ca.
		Triptolemus as Demeter's agricultural "missionary" (a culture hero?)
	www.calvin.edu /academic/clas/courses/231/cl231u09.htm (261 words)

	Greek mythology
		Heracles and his Labors Achilles and the Trojan War Jason and the Argonauts Perseus and the Gorgon Oedipus and Thebes Theseus and the Minotaur *Triptolemus and the Eleusinian mysteries
		Another type involves the appropriation or invention of some important cultural artifact, as when Prometheus steals fire from the gods, when Prometheus or Lycaon invents sacrifice, when Demeter teaches agriculture and the mysteries to Triptolemus, or when Marsyas invents the aulos and enters into a musical contest with Apollo.
		Yet another type belongs to Dionysus alone: the god wanders through Greece from foreign lands to spread his cult.
	www.knowledgefun.com /book/g/gr/greek_mythology_1.html (2694 words)

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