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Celeus or Keleus () was the king of Eleusis in Greek mythology, husband of Metaneira and father of several daughters, who are called Callidice, Demo, Cleisidice and Callithoe in the Homeric Hymn to Demeter, and Diogeneia, Pammerope and Saesara by Pausanias.
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He was also one of her original priests, along with Diocles, Eumolpos, Polyxeinus and Triptolemus, Celeus ' son, who had supposedly learned agriculture from Demeter.
* Hesione, daughter of Celeus, was one of the sacrificial victims of Minotaur according to Servius ( on Aeneid, 6.
In the Homeric Hymn to Demeter, Celeus was one of the original priests of Demeter, one of the first people to learn the secret rites and mysteries of Demeter's cult the Eleusinian Mysteries.
While Demeter was searching for her daughter, having taken the form of an old woman called Doso, she received a hospitable welcome from Celeus, the king of Eleusis in Attica.
Instead, Demeter chose to teach Triptolemus, the other son of Celeus ( though he was ascribed different parentages as well ), the art of agriculture and, from him, the rest of Greece learned to plant and reap crops.
Celeus was killed by Erichthonius in a war with Athens.
In Greek mythology, Metanira (, Metaneira or Metaenira ; also Meganeira ) was a queen of Eleusis and wife of Celeus.
While Demeter was searching for her daughter, having taken the form of an old woman called Doso, she received a hospitable welcome from Celeus, the King of Eleusis in Attica.
Hyginus makes Arcesius a son of Cephalus and Procris, while Eustathius mentions a version according to which Arcesius was a grandson of Cephalus through Cillus or Celeus.
In his Greek Myths, Robert Graves writes that Demeter ( in disguise ) was the guest of King Celeus in Eleusis.
Celeus and king
Others call her a slave of Celeus, king of Eleusis.
Celeus and Metaneira
* Demo, a daughter of Celeus and Metaneira
Celeus and Homeric
In the Homeric Hymn to Demeter, King Celeus is said to have been one of the first people to learn the secret rites and mysteries of her cult.
Celeus and Demeter
As a gift to Celeus, because of his hospitality, Demeter planned to make Demophon immortal by burning his mortal spirit away in the family hearth every night.
As a gift to Celeus, because of his hospitality, Demeter planned to make Demophon immortal by burning his mortal spirit away in the family hearth every night.
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* Kaempfer's Woodpecker ( Celeus obrieni ), a Brazilian woodpecker feared extinct after no specimen had been found since its discovery in 1926.
In some parts of its introduced range, it is very attractive to avian wildlife: in São Paulo, Brazil, ten species of birds were listed as feeding on its fruits, especially Turdus rufiventris, Pitangus sulphuratus, Turdus leucomelas, Thraupis sayaca and Celeus flavescens.
The Chestnut Woodpecker, Celeus elegans, is a resident breeding bird in South America from Colombia, Venezuela and the Guianas south to Ecuador, Bolivia and northern Brazil, and on Trinidad.
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