Eumolpus
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In Greek Mythology, Eumolpus was a legendary king of Thrace. He was described as having come to Attica either as a bard, a warrior, or a priest of Demeter and Dionysus.
Poseidon accompanied by a young warrior, sometimes identified as Eumolpus. Lucanian red-figure pelike, c. 420–400 BCE, from Heraclea, Lucania.
Selene
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In ancient Greek mythology and religion, Selene is the goddess and personification of the Moon. Also known as Mene, she is traditionally the daughter of the Titans Hyperion and Theia, and sister of th
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…Laërtius Eumolpus was the father of Musaeus. Lastly, according to Philochorus, Eumolpus was the father of the legendary poet Musaeus by the lunar goddess Selene. The tomb of Eumolpus was shown both at Eleusis and Athens. The difference in the traditions about Eumolpus led some of the ancients to suppose that…
Earliest known depiction of Selene in a chariot. It is said that the work portrays the Moon's ascension as the Giants are beaten in the Gigantomachy. Attic red-figure kylix, c. 490–480 BC, by the Brygos Painter.
Detail of a sarcophagus depicting Endymion and Selene, shown with her characteristic attributes of lunate crown, billowing veil (velificatio) and heavenly chariot, from 3rd century AD, Roman Empire period.
Statue of Selene in white marble, second half of the 3rd century AD
Detail of Selene from a Roman sarcophagus