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Philomelus (/ ˌ f ɪ l ə ˈ m iː l ə s /; Greek: Φιλόμηλος, romanized: Philómēlos), Philomêlos or Philomenus / f ɪ ˈ l ɒ m ɪ n ə s / was a minor Greek demi-god, patron of husbandry, tillage/ploughing and agriculture.
Philomelus (Φιλόμελος), agricultural demi-god inventor of the wagon and the plough; Plutus (Πλοῦτος), god of wealth, including agricultural wealth, son of Demeter; Promylaia (Προμυλαια) a goddess of the flour mill; Triptolemus (Τριπτόλεμος), god of farming and agriculture, he brought agriculture to Greece
Demeter's emblem is the poppy, a bright red flower that grows among the barley. ... When her son Philomelus invented the plough and used it to cultivate the fields, ...
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According to one version, he was a son of Demeter, [7] Philomenus, twin brother of Plutus, a plowman who drove the oxen in the constellation Ursa Major. [8] This agrees with the constellation's name. [9] The ancient Greeks saw the asterism now called the "Big Dipper" or "Plough" as a cart with oxen.
In the Fabulae (attributed to Gaius Julius Hyginus), Iasion is called the son of Ilithyius. [7] With Demeter, Iasion was the father of Plutus, the god of wealth. [8] According to Hyginus' De astronomia, Iasion was also the father of Philomelus, [9] while, according to Diodorus Siculus, he was the father of a son named Corybas with Cybele. [10]
Triptolemus' first introduction to Demeter is during Demeter's search for her daughter following the abduction of Persephone.While Demeter, in the guise of an old woman [8] named Doso, [9] was searching for her daughter Persephone (Kore), who had been abducted by Hades (Pluto), [10] she received a hospitable welcome from Celeus, the King of Eleusis.