Triptolemus

Triptolemus
Patron of the Eleusinian Mysteries Founder of Agriculture Judge of the Afterlife
Detail of Triptolemus standing between Demeter and Persephone, Great Eleusinian Relief in the National Archaeological Museum of Athens.
Abode	Eleusis, Elysium, Hades
Mount	Dragon-drawn chariot
Parents	Oceanus and Gaia, or Celeus and Metanira

Triptolemus /ˌtrɪpˈtɒlɪməs/ (Greek: Τριπτόλεμος, romanized: Triptólemos, lit. 'Tripartite warrior'), also known as Buzyges (Greek: Βουζύγης, romanized: Buzyges, lit. 'Bull-hitcher'), was a hero in Greek mythology, central to the Eleusinian Mysteries. He was either a mortal prince and the eldest son of King Celeus of Eleusis, or according to Pseudo-Apollodorus' Bibliotheca (I.V.2), either the divine son of Gaia and Oceanus, or the grandson of Hermes through Eleusis. He was the ancestor to a royal priestly caste of the Eleusinian Mysteries, who claimed to be Buzygae (Βουζύγαι), that taught agriculture and performed secret rites and rituals, of which Pericles was its most famous descendant.^[1]