person
Eumolpus
also: Cecropian Eumolpus
Legendary Thracian priest and singer, said to have founded the Eleusinian Mysteries; here he and Orpheus pass the Bacchic rites to Midas.
Reading notes
- Letters from the Black Sea §2.9 to Eumolpus
Eumolpus, legendary Thracian singer and priest, founder of the Eleusinian mysteries, from whom Cotys claimed descent.
- Metamorphoses §11.322 Cecropian Eumolpus
Legendary Thracian singer-priest, reputed founder of the Eleusinian Mysteries; 'Cecropian' marks him as Athenian. With Orpheus he taught Midas the Bacchic rites.