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Definition of Eumolpus

Eumolpus
Eumolpus Eu*mol"pus, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? sweetly singing.] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of small beetles, one species of which (E. viti) is very injurious to the vines in the wine countries of Europe.

Meaning of Eumolpus from wikipedia

- as their own. When he grew up, Eumolpus married one of Benthesikyme's two daughters by her Ethiopian husband. Eumolpus however, loved a different daughter...
- 38.2; Hyginus, Fabulae 157. Tripp, s.v. Eumolpus, p. 237; Grimal, s.v. Eumolpus, p. 155; Smith, s.v. Eumolpus; Apollodorus, 3.15.4; Pausanias, 1.38.2...
- gallery, he meets with an old poet, Eumolpus. The two exchange complaints about their misfortunes (83–84), and Eumolpus tells how, when he pursued an affair...
- as the type species of Eumolpus in 1810, which placed Bromius in synonymy with Eumolpus. This threatened stability for Eumolpus, Bromius and Chrysochus...
- and Amphitrite, and the foster mother of Eumolpus. After Chione slept with Poseidon, she gave birth to Eumolpus, but, to avoid the detection of her father...
- of Thrace. Tegyrios welcomed the exiled Eumolpus and married his daughter to Eumolpus' son Ismarus. Eumolpus then planned to overthrow him. Tegyrios banished...
- helping the limping, beaten Eumolpus to drink water from a pool in a tilled field. In return for his kindness, Eumolpus bequeaths the spirit of poetry...
- them as descendants of Eumolpus, one of the first priests of Demeter at Eleusis, through his second son, Herald-Keryx. Eumolpus, "untainted by blame" is...
- Eumolpus robustus is a species of leaf beetle from North America. It has the most northern range of the members of the genus Eumolpus, spanning from Central...
- was reputed to belong to the family of the Eumolpidae, being the son of Eumolpus and Selene. In other variations of the myth he was less definitely called...