CLS 121 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Eleusinian Mysteries, Triptolemus, Cupid
3 Apr 2016
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Iconographic qualities: holding thunderbolt, bearded, naked/ little clothing, seated on a throne, eagles. Family relations: son of: cronus and rhea, siblings of: hestia, hades, hera, poseidon, demeter, father of: the olympians, the original muses. Roles in mythology: father of the gods, ruler of olympus, god of the skies, possesses thunder and lightening. Iconographic qualities: carrying sheaves of grain/poppies, veiled (mourning, crowned (symbolizes fertility, carries scepter/staff/torch (search for daughter) Roles in mythology: the abduction of persephone and the establishment of the eleusinian mysteries. The abduction explains why we have seasons without vegetation growth i. e. fall/winter and summer droughts. The mysteries were sort of festivals held every year in eleusis as rites to. Demeter and persephone: the gift of grain cultivation to eleusinian prince triptolemos. Mother of agriculture, fertility, and the harvest. Relations to other deities: daughter of: demeter and zeus, betrothed to: hades.
