person
Triptolemus
The Eleusinian child reared by Ceres, destined to be the first to plow and sow and so spread agriculture.
Reading notes
- Letters from the Black Sea §4.2 corn to Triptolemus
Triptolemus, who spread the cultivation of grain at Ceres's bidding; another figure in Ovid's list of pointless gifts to the one who invented the thing.
- The Festivals §4.12 Triptolemus
The Eleusinian child reared by Ceres, destined to be first to plow and sow.
- Metamorphoses §5.123 Triptolemus
An Athenian youth whom Ceres sends in her dragon-car to teach mankind to sow grain; called the 'Mopsopian (Attic) youth.'
- Sorrows §3.8 Triptolemus
The hero who first scattered seed from Ceres' dragon-drawn car; one of the winged conveyances Ovid wishes for, to fly home.