In Greek Mythology, which son of Demeter was the god of wealth and riches?
"Plutus Plutus (, ""Ploutos"", literally ""wealth"") is the Greek god of wealth. He is either the son of Demeter and Iasion, with whom she lay in a thrice-ploughed field; or the child of Plouton and Persephone. In the theology of the Eleusinian Mysteries he is regarded as the ""Divine Child."" In the philosophized mythology of the later Classical period, Plutus is envisaged by Aristophanes as blinded by Zeus, so that he would be able to dispense his gifts without prejudice; he is also lame, as he takes his time arriving, and winged, so he leaves faster than he came. When"
"the afterlife. These two gifts were intimately connected in Demeter's myths and mystery cults. In Hesiod, prayers to Zeus-Chthonios (chthonic Zeus) and Demeter help the crops grow full and strong. Demeter's emblem is the poppy, a bright red flower that grows among the barley. In Hesiod's Theogony, Demeter is the daughter of Cronus and Rhea. At the marriage of Cadmus and Harmonia, Demeter lured Iasion away from the other revelers. They had intercourse in a ploughed furrow in Crete, and she gave birth to two sons, Philomelus and Ploutos. Her daughter by Zeus was Persephone, Queen of the Underworld. Demeter's"
"was conflated with that of Ploutos (Πλούτος ""Ploutos"", ""wealth""), a god of wealth, because mineral wealth was found underground, and because Pluto as a chthonic god ruled the deep earth that contained the seeds necessary for a bountiful harvest. ""Plouton"" is lord of the dead, but as Persephone's husband he has serious claims to the powers of fertility. In the Theogony of Hesiod, Demeter was united with the hero Iasion in Crete and she bore Ploutos. This union seems to be a reference to a hieros gamos (ritual copulation) to ensure the earth's fertility. This ritual copulation appears in Minoan"
"to the powers of fertility."" Demeter's son Plutus merges in the narrative tradition with her son-in-law Pluto, redefining the implacable chariot-driver Hades whose horses trample the flowering earth. That the underworld god was associated early on with success in agricultural activity is already evident in Hesiod's ""Works and Days"", line 465-469: ""Pray to Zeus of the Earth and to pure Demeter to make Demeter's holy grain sound and heavy, when first you begin ploughing, when you hold in your hand the end of the plough-tail and bring down your stick on the backs of the oxen as they draw on"
"Demeter In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Demeter (; Attic: ""Dēmḗtēr"", ; Doric: ""Dāmā́tēr"") is the goddess of the grain, agriculture, harvest, growth, and nourishment, who presided over grains and the fertility of the earth. Her cult titles include Sito (), ""she of the Grain"", as the giver of food or grain, and Thesmophoros (, ""thesmos"": divine order, unwritten law; , ""phoros"": bringer, bearer), ""Law-Bringer"", as a mark of the civilized existence of agricultural society. Though Demeter is often described simply as the goddess of the harvest, she presided also over the sacred law, and the cycle of life and"
"myth of an eponymous Mysius who venerated Demeter. Demeter In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Demeter (; Attic: ""Dēmḗtēr"", ; Doric: ""Dāmā́tēr"") is the goddess of the grain, agriculture, harvest, growth, and nourishment, who presided over grains and the fertility of the earth. Her cult titles include Sito (), ""she of the Grain"", as the giver of food or grain, and Thesmophoros (, ""thesmos"": divine order, unwritten law; , ""phoros"": bringer, bearer), ""Law-Bringer"", as a mark of the civilized existence of agricultural society. Though Demeter is often described simply as the goddess of the harvest, she presided also over the"
"Having failed in making Demophon immortal, Demeter chose to teach Triptolemus the art of agriculture and, from him, the rest of Greece learned to plant and reap crops. He flew across the land on a dragon-drawn chariot while Demeter and Persephone cared for him, and helped him complete his mission of educating the whole of Greece on the art of agriculture. Demophon of Eleusis In Greek mythology, Demophon (Ancient Greek: Δημοφῶν or Δημοφόων) sometimes written in English as Demophoon, was a son of King Celeus and Queen Metanira. While Demeter was searching for her daughter Persephone, having taken the form"
"Mercury (mythology) Mercury (; Latin: ""Mercurius"" ) is a major god in Roman religion and mythology, being one of the Dii Consentes within the ancient Roman pantheon. He is the god of financial gain, commerce, eloquence, messages, communication (including divination), travelers, boundaries, luck, trickery and thieves; he also serves as the guide of souls to the underworld. He was considered the son of Maia, who was a daughter of the Titan Atlas, and Jupiter in Roman mythology. His name is possibly related to the Latin word ""merx"" (""merchandise""; cf. ""merchant"", ""commerce"", etc.), ""mercari"" (""to trade""), and ""merces"" (""wages""); another possible"
"Triptolemus In Greek mythology, Triptolemus (, ""Triptólemos"", lit. ""threefold warrior""; also known as Buzyges) is a figure connected with the goddess Demeter of the Eleusinian Mysteries. He was either a mortal prince, the eldest son of King Celeus of Eleusis, or, according to Pseudo-Apollodorus' ""Bibliotheca"" (I.V.2), the son of Gaia and Oceanus. While Demeter (in the guise of an old woman named Doso) was searching for her daughter Persephone, who had been abducted by Hades, she received a hospitable welcome from Celeus. He asked her to nurse Demophon—""killer of men"", a counterpart to Triptolemus— and Triptolemus, his sons by Metanira."
"of Kosmos. Deimos (deity) Deimos (, , meaning “dread”) is the god of terror in Greek mythology. He was a son of Ares and Aphrodite, and the twin brother of Phobos; Deimos served to represent the feelings of dread that befell those in the midst of battle, while Phobos personified feelings of fear and panic. Like Phobos, Deimos served as one of Ares’ attendants, and the two of them would often accompany their father as he rode into battle in his chariot, alongside Enyo, goddess of war and bloodshed, and Eris, goddess of strife. Deimos, the smaller of Mars’ two"
"Philomelus Philomelus () or Philomenus was a minor Greek demi-god, patron of Husbandry, Tillage/Ploughing and Agriculture, the son of Demeter and Iasion, and the brother of Plutus. Plutus was very wealthy, but would share none of his riches to his brother. Out of necessity, Philomenus bought two oxen, invented the wagon or plough, and supported himself by ploughing his fields and cultivating crops. His mother, admiring him for this, put him in the heavens as the constellation Boötes, his wagon or plough being the constellation Ursa Major. Philomelus's son Parias gave his name to the Parians and the city of"
"attribute of several Greek and Roman deities, particularly those associated with the harvest, prosperity, or spiritual abundance, such as personifications of Earth (Gaia or Terra); the child Plutus, god of riches and son of the grain goddess Demeter; the nymph Maia; and Fortuna, the goddess of luck, who had the power to grant prosperity. In Roman Imperial cult, abstract Roman deities who fostered peace ""(pax Romana)"" and prosperity were also depicted with a cornucopia, including Abundantia, ""Abundance"" personified, and Annona, goddess of the grain supply to the city of Rome. Hades, the classical ruler of the underworld in the mystery"
") is a Greek name that means ""belonging to Demeter"", the Greek goddess of fertility. Seleucid kings were mostly named Seleucus and Antiochus; ""Demetrius"" was used by the Antigonid dynasty of Macedonia as a royal name, and its use by the Seleucids, who had Antigonid descent, probably signified that they were heirs of the latter. Hellenistic kings did not use regnal numbers, which is a modern practise; instead, they used epithets to distinguish themselves from similarly named monarchs. Demetrius III's most used epithets are Theos (divine), Philopator (father loving) and Soter (saviour); the aforementioned epithets appear together on all of"
"Demeter. The name ""Iacchus"" may come from ""iacchus"", a hymn sung in honor of him. With the epithet Liknites (""he of the winnowing fan"") he is a fertility god connected with the mystery religions. A winnowing fan was similar to a shovel and was used to separate the chaff from the grain. In addition, Dionysus is known as Lyaeus (""he who unties"") as a god of relaxation and freedom from worry, and as Oeneus he is the god of the wine press. In the Greek pantheon, Dionysus (along with Zeus) absorbs the role of Sabazios, a Phrygian deity. In the"
"Deimos (deity) Deimos (, , meaning “dread”) is the god of terror in Greek mythology. He was a son of Ares and Aphrodite, and the twin brother of Phobos; Deimos served to represent the feelings of dread that befell those in the midst of battle, while Phobos personified feelings of fear and panic. Like Phobos, Deimos served as one of Ares’ attendants, and the two of them would often accompany their father as he rode into battle in his chariot, alongside Enyo, goddess of war and bloodshed, and Eris, goddess of strife. Deimos, the smaller of Mars’ two moons, is"
"Iasion In Greek mythology, Iasion (, ""Iasíōn"") or Iasus (, ""Íasos""), also called Eetion (, ""Ēetíōn""), was usually the son of the nymph Electra and Zeus and brother of Dardanus, although other possible parentage included Zeus and Hemera or Corythus and Electra. Iasion founded the mystic rites on the island of Samothrace. With Demeter, he was the father of twin sons named Ploutos and Philomelus, and another son named Corybas. At the marriage of Cadmus and Harmonia, Iasion was lured by Demeter away from the other revelers. They had intercourse as Demeter lay on her back in a freshly plowed"
"Ares Ares (; , ""Áres"" ) is the Greek god of war. He is one of the Twelve Olympians, the son of Zeus and Hera. In Greek literature, he often represents the physical or violent and untamed aspect of war, in contrast to his sister, the armored Athena, whose functions as a goddess of intelligence include military strategy and generalship. The Greeks were toward Ares: although he embodied the physical valor necessary for success in war, he was a dangerous force, ""overwhelming, insatiable in battle, destructive, and man-slaughtering."" His sons Phobos (Fear) and Deimos (Terror) and his lover, or sister,"
"furrow. When they rejoined the celebration, Zeus guessed what had happened because of the mud on Demeter's backside, and out of envy killed Iasion with a thunderbolt. However, some say Demeter pled so eloquently that Zeus granted his son immortality, ranking him among the lesser deities. Some versions of this myth conclude with Iasion and the agricultural hero Triptolemus then becoming the Gemini constellation. Iasion In Greek mythology, Iasion (, ""Iasíōn"") or Iasus (, ""Íasos""), also called Eetion (, ""Ēetíōn""), was usually the son of the nymph Electra and Zeus and brother of Dardanus, although other possible parentage included Zeus"
"Greek mythology. Hades, lord of the underworld married a young maiden goddess named Persephone. Demeter was her mother and was heartbroken at the fate of Persephone having to live forever in hell. As the goddess of fertility and agriculture, her grief caused winter to come. As a compromise it was arranged for Persephone to only spend half the year with her husband. Thus we have winter and summer annually. Since springtime comes when Persephone returns to the surface she has become a symbol of youth, rebirth and spring. However, in Greek mythology, Hades and Persephone never have any children. A"
"Carmanor (deity) In Greek mythology, Carmanor or Karmanor (Ancient Greek: Καρμάνωρ ""Karmánōr"") was a Cretan demi-god related to the harvest; his name might derive from ""keiro"", ""to cut/shear"" (but see below). Carmanor was the ""Lord of Tarrha, Crete"" (in the Greek Aegean) and the Cretan consort to Demeter in Greek mythology, with whom he had a son, Euboulos, the patron of ploughing, and a daughter Chrysothemis, a singer. Carmanor's granddaughter, who shares the same powers and function and name origin, was named Karme (Carme). The name ""Karmanor"" could contain a reference to her name, simply meaning ""the man of Karme"","
"named after this mythological figure. The god’s Roman equivalent was Formido or Metus. Deimos was the son of Ares and Aphrodite. He is the twin brother of Phobos and nephew of the goddess Enyo who accompanied her brother Ares into battle, as well as his father's attendants, Trembling, Fear, Dread and Panic. Deimos is more of a personification and an abstraction of the sheer terror that is brought by war and he never appeared as an actual character in any story in Greek Mythology. His Roman equivalent was Formido or Metus. Asaph Hall, who discovered the moons of Mars, named"
"Cephalus of Phocis In Greek mythology, Cephalus (; Ancient Greek: Κέφαλος ""Kephalos"") is an Aeolian prince, the son of Deion/ Deioneos, ruler of Phocis, and Diomede, and grandson of Aeolus. He was one of the lovers of the dawn goddess Eos. The word ""kephalos"" is Greek for ""head"", perhaps used here because Cephalus was the founding ""head"" of a great family that includes Odysseus. It could be that Cephalus means the head of the Sun who kills (evaporates) Procris (dew) with his unerring ray or 'javelin'. Sumptuous sacrifices for Cephalus and for Procris are required in the inscribed sacred calendar"
"carved independently from the body and fixed onto the neck. Demeter is depicted in a serene, timeless manner, that unveils her motherly role in the Greek pantheon of gods. Demeter was the goddess of fertility who created the harvest, the grain and other crops as well as the circle of seasons. At Knidos she was worshipped with Hades and the other underworld deities including her mythical daughter Persephone. The Sanctuary of Demeter at Knidos was laid out in 350 BC, when the city was reestablished. The sanctuary consisted of a long terrace built into the side of an acropolis, overlooking"
"Demophon of Eleusis In Greek mythology, Demophon (Ancient Greek: Δημοφῶν or Δημοφόων) sometimes written in English as Demophoon, was a son of King Celeus and Queen Metanira. While Demeter was searching for her daughter Persephone, having taken the form of an old woman called Doso, she received a hospitable welcome from Celeus, the King of Eleusis in Attica. He asked her to nurse Demophon his son by Metanira. As a gift to Celeus, because of his hospitality, Demeter planned to make Demophon a god, by anointing and coating him with ambrosia, breathing gently upon him while holding him in her"
"and German, ""Plutone"" in Italian) becomes the most common name for the classical ruler of the underworld in subsequent Western literature and other art forms. The name ""Plouton"" does not appear in Greek literature of the Archaic period. In Hesiod's ""Theogony"", the six children of Cronus and Rhea are Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Hades, Demeter, and Hestia. The male children divide the world into three realms. Hades takes Persephone by force from her mother Demeter, with the consent of Zeus. ""Ploutos"", ""Wealth,"" appears in the ""Theogony"" as the child of Demeter and Iasion: ""fine Plutus, who goes upon the whole earth"
"Deucalion In Greek mythology, Deucalion (; ) was the son of Prometheus; ancient sources name his mother as Clymene, Hesione, or Pronoia. He is closely connected with the flood myth in Greek mythology. According to folk etymology, Deucalion's name comes from δεῦκος, ""deukos"", a variant of γλεῦκος, ""gleucos"", i.e. ""sweet new wine, must, sweetness"" and from ἁλιεύς, ""haliéus"", i.e. ""sailor, seaman, fisher"". His wife Pyrrha's name derives from the adjective πυρρός, -ά, -όν, ""pyrrhós, -á, -ón"", i.e. ""flame-colored, orange"". Of Deucalion's birth, the ""Argonautica"" (from the 3rd century BC) states: Deucalion and Pyrrha had at least two children, Hellen and"
"of Persephone, became conflated with Plutus (""Ploutos"", Πλοῦτος), wealth personified; Plato points out the meaningful ambiguity of this etymological play in his dialogue ""Cratylus"". Hermes is a god of boundaries, travel, and liminality, and thus conveys souls across the border that separates the living from the dead, acting as a psychopomp, but he was also a god of exchange, commerce, and profit. The name of his Roman counterpart Mercury was thought in antiquity to share its derivation with the Latin word ""merces"", ""goods, merchandise."" The numerous chthonic deities among the Romans were also frequently associated with wealth. In his treatise"
"in a banquet for the gods. The gods became aware of the gruesome nature of the menu, so they did not touch the offering; only Demeter, distraught by the loss of her daughter, Persephone, absentmindedly ate part of the boy's shoulder. Clotho, one of the three Fates, was ordered by Zeus to bring the boy to life again. She collected the parts of the body and boiled them in a sacred cauldron, rebuilding his shoulder with one wrought of ivory made by Hephaestus and presented by Demeter. The revived Pelops grew to be an extraordinarily handsome youth. The god Poseidon"
"Alcyoneus (Son of Diomos) In Greek mythology, Alcyoneus or Alkyoneus (, ""Alkuoneus"" means ""mighty ass"") was a young and handsome man from Krisa (ancient name of Delphi), only son of Diomos and Meganeira. The inhabitants of Delphoi asked the oracle of Apollo on what to do about the menace of the drakaina Sybaris who terrorized the region from the Mount Cirphis. The god told them that they would be freed from this threat if they delivered a youth they chose in the monster's cave. So they did. By lot Alcyoneus was chosen. The boy possessed beauty both in appearance and"
"of the sea. He can take the form of all animals of the zodiac. Some lists, cited by Hyginus, of the names of horses that pulled Helios' chariot, are as follows. Helios Helios (; ""Hēlios""; Latinized as ""Helius""; in Homeric Greek) is the god and personification of the Sun in Greek mythology. He is the son of the Titan Hyperion and the Titaness Theia (according to Hesiod), also known as Euryphaessa (in ""Homeric Hymn 31"") and brother of the goddesses Selene, the moon, and Eos, the dawn. Helios was described as a handsome young man crowned with the shining aureole"
"Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre (1694), and Johann Philipp Krieger (1690). Cephalus of Phocis In Greek mythology, Cephalus (; Ancient Greek: Κέφαλος ""Kephalos"") is an Aeolian prince, the son of Deion/ Deioneos, ruler of Phocis, and Diomede, and grandson of Aeolus. He was one of the lovers of the dawn goddess Eos. The word ""kephalos"" is Greek for ""head"", perhaps used here because Cephalus was the founding ""head"" of a great family that includes Odysseus. It could be that Cephalus means the head of the Sun who kills (evaporates) Procris (dew) with his unerring ray or 'javelin'. Sumptuous sacrifices for"
"spring as well as the fertility of vegetation. Similar myths appear in the Orient, in the cults of male gods like Attis, Adonis, and Osiris, and in Minoan Crete. Persephone as a vegetation goddess and her mother Demeter were the central figures of the Eleusinian Mysteries, which promised the initiated a more enjoyable prospect after death. In some versions, Persephone is the mother of Zeus' sons Dionysus, Iacchus, or Zagreus. The origins of her cult are uncertain, but it was based on very old agrarian cults of agricultural communities. Persephone was commonly worshipped along with Demeter and with the same"
"Delphus In Greek mythology, Delphus (; Ancient Greek: Δέλφος, ""Delphos"") was the person from whom the town of Delphi was believed to have derived its name. In one tradition, he was the son of Poseidon and Melantho, a daughter of Deucalion. In other accounts he was a son of Apollo by Celaeno, the daughter of Hyamus and granddaughter of Lycorus, and, according to others, by Thyia, the daughter of the autochthon Castalius, or by Melaina, the daughter of Cephissus. He is further said to have had a son, Pythis, who ruled over the country about Mount Parnassus, and from whom"