Eumolpus

Also known as: Cecropian Eumolpus · Family: Athenian · Role: participant in the mysteries · First appears: Fable 94

Fable 94

with Orpheus (Orpheus entrusts the mysteries of Bacchus to Eumolpus.) “The Phrygian rustics took him, as he was staggering with age and wine, and, bound with garlands, they led him to {their} king, Midas, to whom, together with the Cecropian Eumolpus,[8] the Thracian Orpheus had intrusted the {mysterious} orgies {of Bacchus}.”
with Midas (Midas and Eumolpus are jointly entrusted with the mysteries of Bacchus.) “The Phrygian rustics took him, as he was staggering with age and wine, and, bound with garlands, they led him to {their} king, Midas, to whom, together with the Cecropian Eumolpus,[8] the Thracian Orpheus had intrusted the {mysterious} orgies {of Bacchus}.”
parent: Musæus (Musæus is identified as Eumolpus's father.) “The Eumolpus here named was born there. He was the son of Musæus and the disciple of Orpheus.”
mentor: Orpheus (Eumolpus is identified as Orpheus's disciple.) “The Eumolpus here named was born there. He was the son of Musæus and the disciple of Orpheus.”

Extracted from the original text of The Metamorphoses of Ovid. Made with Rho MD.