Eubuleus
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In ancient Greek religion and myth, Eubuleus or Eubouleus is a god known primarily from devotional inscriptions for mystery religions. The name appears several times in the corpus of the so-called Orp
This marble head, sometimes thought to be the work of Praxiteles, probably depicts Eubuleus
Female attendant carrying piglet and torch, a terracotta figurine from Eleusis
Demeter
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In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Demeter is the Olympian goddess of the harvest and agriculture, presiding over crops, grains, food, and the fertility of the earth. Although Demeter is mostly
Eubuleus
…other gods raise the question of whether all the sources using a form of the name refer to the same figure. Diodorus Siculus says that he was a son of Demeter and the father of Karme, thus grandfather of Britomartis. One of the Orphic tablets identifies him as the son of Zeus, as does one of the Orphic Hymns…
Ancient marble statue of Demeter with right hand extended. The head is a modern restoration. (National Roman Museum)
Demeter on a Didrachme from Paros island, struck at the Cyclades.
Demeter, enthroned and extending her hand in a benediction toward the kneeling Metaneira, who offers the triune wheat (c. 340 BC)
The Eleusinian trio: Persephone, Triptolemus and Demeter (Roman copy dating to the Early Imperial period and hosted by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, of the Great Eleusinian Relief in the National Archaeological Museum, Athens, marble bas-relief from Eleusis, 440–430 BC.)