Ceryx
Role: youngest son · First appears: Book 1 · Chapter 38
After the death of Eumolpus, Ceryx was the only surviving son. The heralds disputed his parentage, claiming he was the son of Hermes and Aglaurus rather than Eumolpus.
Relationship record
Life events
- Eumolpus died, leaving Ceryx as his only surviving son.(Book 1 · Chapter 38)
- With: Eumolpus
- “But on the death of Eumolpus Ceryx the youngest son was the only one left”
- Heralds disputed Ceryx’s paternity, claiming Hermes and Aglaurus were his parents.(Book 1 · Chapter 38)
Book 1 · Chapter 38
- parent: Eumolpus (The passage presents and then disputes Eumolpus's paternity.) “But on the death of Eumolpus Ceryx the youngest son was the only one left, who (the heralds say) was not the son of Eumolpus at all, but the son of Hermes by Aglaurus the daughter of Cecrops.”
- parent: Hermes (The heralds' account gives Hermes as Ceryx's father.) “But on the death of Eumolpus Ceryx the youngest son was the only one left, who (the heralds say) was not the son of Eumolpus at all, but the son of Hermes by Aglaurus the daughter of Cecrops.”
- parent: Aglaurus (The heralds' account gives Aglaurus as Ceryx's mother.) “But on the death of Eumolpus Ceryx the youngest son was the only one left, who (the heralds say) was not the son of Eumolpus at all, but the son of Hermes by Aglaurus the daughter of Cecrops.”
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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.