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{{Short description|Priest of Demeter at Eleusis}} | {{Short description|Priest of Demeter at Eleusis}} | ||
{{For|the moth genus|Ceryx (moth)}} | {{For|the moth genus|Ceryx (moth)}} | ||
In [[Greek mythology]], '''Ceryx''' {{IPAc-en|ˈ|s|ɪər|ᵻ|k|s|, | |||
In [[Greek mythology]], '''Ceryx''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|s|ɪər|ᵻ|k|s|}}, {{IPAc-en|ˈ|s|iː|r|ᵻ|k|s}}; {{langx|grc|Κῆρυξ|3=Kērux|4=herald}}<ref>Robin Hard. ''The Routledge Handbook of Greek Mythology (2004)''<br /></ref>) was a member of the [[Athens|Athenian]] royal family as the son of [[Hermes]] by either of the princesses [[Pandrosus]]<ref>Scholia to [[Homer]]'s ''[[Iliad]]'', I 334</ref> and [[Aglaurus, daughter of Cecrops|Agraulus]].<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+1.38.3 1.38.3]; Parada, p. 44.</ref> | |||
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In [[Homer]]’s time, ceryx was a [[profession]] of trusted attendants or retainers of a chieftain. The role of ceryces {{IPAc-en|ˈ|s|ɛ|r|ᵻ|ˌ|s|iː|z}} expanded, however, to include acting as inviolable messengers between states, even in time of war, proclaiming meetings of the council, [[popular assembly]], or [[court of law]], reciting there the formulas of [[prayer]], and summoning persons to attend. [[Hermes]], himself the ceryx of the gods, was their patron and carried the [[caduceus]] (Latin corruption of Ancient Greek ''kerykeion''), the herald’s staff.<ref>[[Encyclopædia Britannica]] Inc., 2012. Web. 13 Jun. 2012 [http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/315587/keryx]</ref> | In [[Homer]]’s time, ceryx was a [[profession]] of trusted attendants or retainers of a chieftain. The role of ceryces {{IPAc-en|ˈ|s|ɛ|r|ᵻ|ˌ|s|iː|z}} expanded, however, to include acting as inviolable messengers between states, even in time of war, proclaiming meetings of the council, [[popular assembly]], or [[court of law]], reciting there the formulas of [[prayer]], and summoning persons to attend. [[Hermes]], himself the ceryx of the gods, was their patron and carried the [[caduceus]] (Latin corruption of Ancient Greek ''kerykeion''), the herald’s staff.<ref>[[Encyclopædia Britannica]] Inc., 2012. Web. 13 Jun. 2012 [http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/315587/keryx]</ref> | ||
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In Greek mythology, Ceryx (Template:IPAc-en, Template:IPAc-en; Template:Langx[1]) was a member of the Athenian royal family as the son of Hermes by either of the princesses Pandrosus[2] and Agraulus.[3]
Mythology
Ceryx was, like his father, a messenger. But the kêryx career began as a humble cook for the tribe, a skill Hermes demonstrates in his cooked meat offerings on the Twelve Gods Altar set in place in 522 BC by Peisistratos III in Athens. The Homeric Hymn to Hermes 128 recalls the young god cutting out and laying up twelve steaks on a flat rock or platamoni, the 12 Gods altar.
According to Pausanias, Ceryx was the youngest son of Eumolpus,[4] one of the first priests of Demeter at Eleusis and a founder of the Eleusinian Mysteries. He founded the two families of high priests in Eleusis: the ceryces (or Ceryces), a family of priests in Athens, and the Eumolpidae.
Ceryces
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In Homer’s time, ceryx was a profession of trusted attendants or retainers of a chieftain. The role of ceryces Template:IPAc-en expanded, however, to include acting as inviolable messengers between states, even in time of war, proclaiming meetings of the council, popular assembly, or court of law, reciting there the formulas of prayer, and summoning persons to attend. Hermes, himself the ceryx of the gods, was their patron and carried the caduceus (Latin corruption of Ancient Greek kerykeion), the herald’s staff.[5]
Notes
References
- Hard, Robin, The Routledge Handbook of Greek Mythology: Based on H.J. Rose's "Handbook of Greek Mythology", Psychology Press, 2004, Template:ISBN. Google Books.
- Parada, Carlos, Genealogical Guide to Greek Mythology, Jonsered, Paul Åströms Förlag, 1993. Template:ISBN.
- Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. Template:ISBN. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
- Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.