Eumolpus

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Οὐδείς, ὃ νοεῖς μὲν, οἶδεν, ὃ δέ ποιεῖς, βλέπει → Quid cogites, scit nemo; quid facias, patet → nicht weiß man, was du denkst, doch sieht man, was du tust

Menander, Monostichoi, 424

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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Εὔμολπος, ὁ.

Descendants of Eumolpus: Εὐμολπίδαι, οἱ.

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Eumolpus: i, m., = Εὔμολπος,
I a fabulous Thracian singer and priest of Ceres, who brought the Eleusinian mysteries and the culture of the vine to Attica, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 199.—His descendant of the same name, the son of Musaeus, Ov. M. 11, 93.—A sacerdotal family in Athens also bore, after him, the name Eumolpĭdae, ārum, m., Εὐμολπίδαι, Cic. Leg. 2, 14, 35; Nep. Alc. 4 al.