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181 : Bust of Eubouleus. Marble.
Bust of Eubuleus. Marble. Found at Eleusis. The bust depicts the mythical Eleusinian chthonic hero Eubuleus, brother of Triptolemos. Eubouleus is associated with the mystery cult at Eleusis. According to tradition, he was a swineherd. When Persephone was abducted by Plouton, he was grazing his herd near the point where the earth opened to receive the god's chariot and a few of his pigs fell into the chasm. This episode of the myths is related to the practice of throwing pigs into subterranean chasms during the festival of the Skirophoria. About 330-320 BC.
Accession number 181
Department of sculptures , Photographer/source Marsyas (2007)
In Greek mythology, Eubuleus (gr. Eubouleus),.according to an Argive tradition, was a son of Trochilus by an Eleusinian woman, and brother of Triptolemus; whereas, according to the Orphici, Eubuleus and Triptolemus were sons of Dysaules. (Pausanias i. 14. § 2.)
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Eubuleus occurs also as a surname of several divinities, and describes them as gods of good counsel, such as Hades and Dionysus. (Schol. ad Nicand. Alex. 14; Orph. Hymn. 71. 3; Macrob. Sat. i. 18; Plut. Sympos. vii. 9.)
National Archaeological Museum in Athens, Greece
Artist/Maker unknown
Head of Eubuleus. Marble. Found in Athens. Eubuleus a mythical chthonic hero of Eleusis. Work of the 2nd c. AD that copies the head inv. no. 181. Accession number 181 . Department of sculptures . Photographer/source Marsyas (2007)
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