- of the
Athenian Kerykes with the m****ive Tomb 9
along the
Eridanos River outside the
Dipylon Gate. By the
classical period, the
Kerykes, sons of Hermes...
- and general, was an
hereditary priest of the
Eleusinian family of the
Kerykes, and held the
offices of
archon basileus and
eponymous in Athens. When...
- Eumolpos. The
other family with a
hereditary Eleusinian priesthood were the
Kerykes. List of Gr****
deities Smith, William, ed. (1842). A
Dictionary of Gr****...
- the gods and
ruler of Olympus, that gave
their inviolable status to the
kerykes, the heralds, who were thus
protected by the
precursor of
modern diplomatic...
- mysteries; they were
controlled by two families, the
Eumolpidae and the
Kerykes. This led to a vast
increase in the
number of initiates. The only requirements...
-
functioning as
private messengers or
public criers were
referred to as
kerykes. The
keryx has
functions in political, military,
judicional and religious...
-
which was
already a
formal element of the
Olympic ritual performed by the
kerykes (heralds) and
salpinktai (trumpeters).
Winners were
chosen by the clarity...
- Poseidon.
Eleusis lost the
battle with
Athens but the
Eumolpides and
Kerykes, two
families of
priests to Demeter,
continued the
Eleusinian mysteries...
-
Byzantine Emperor Kar**** of
Macedon – King of
Macedon Karkinos –
painter Kerykes – one of the
families who ran the
Eleusinian mysteries Kleoitas – architect...
-
guidance of
members of the two
Eleusinian clans, the
Eumolpidae and the
Kerykes.
Aside from this, non-initiates were not
allowed to
enter the
inner part...
