person
Demophon
also: Δημοφῶν, Demophoon
Infant son of Celeus and Metaneira, nursed by the disguised Demeter, who tries to make him deathless by hiding him in the hearth-fire at night; his mother's terror interrupts the rite, so he keeps only an everlasting honour rather than immortality.
Reading notes
- The Homeric Hymns §2.232 Demophoon
Infant son of Celeus and Metaneira, nursed by the disguised Demeter, who tries to make him deathless by hiding him in the hearth-fire at night; his mother's terror interrupts the rite, so he keeps only an everlasting honour rather than immortality.