Clement of Alexandria transmitted the synthema or "password" associated with this, which begins "I fasted, I drank the kykeon, I took out the covered basket," summarizing the process of initiation.
"Brimo has given birth to Brimos!" is one phrase associated with this event, which was overseen by the families Eumolpidai and the less-important Kerykes who nevertheless supplied the daduchos and hierokeryx, or the "torchbearer" and "herald of the sacred." Clement of Alexandria transmitted the synthema or "password" associated with this, which begins "I fasted, I drank the kykeon, I took out the covered basket," summarizing the process of initiation. Iacchos was an epithet of Dionysus associated with this practice. The etiology for these rites, which occurred in the month of Boedromion, is recorded in the Homeric Hymn to its central figure, who visited Celeus in the guise of Doso while searching for Kore. For 10 points, name this Greek mystery cult, centered on a town in Attica, which celebrated Triptolemus learning of agriculture from Persephone and Demeter.
"Brimo has given birth to Brimos!" is one phrase associated with this event, which was overseen by the families Eumolpidai and the less-important Kerykes who nevertheless supplied the daduchos and hierokeryx, or the "torchbearer" and "herald of the sacred."
{Eleusinian Mysteries}