Eumolpus
Εὐκαταφρόνητός ἐστι σιγηρὸς τρόπος → A way of life disposed to silence is contemptible → Taciturna facile ingenia contemni solent → Gemein ist ein Charakter, über den man schweigt
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Eumolpus,¹⁰ ī, m. (Εὔμολπος), Eumolpe [apporta en Attique les mystères d’Éleusis et la culture de la vigne]: Plin. 7, 199 ; Ov. M. 11, 93 || -ĭdæ, ārum, m., les Eumolpides [famille sacerdotale d’Athènes chargée du culte de Cérès] : Cic. Leg. 2, 35 ; Nep. Alc. 4, 5.
