| JASION : Greek demi-god of the Samothracian mysteries ; mythology : IASION (1065 words) |
 | IASION was an agricultural demi-god or hero, the springtime consort of the goddess Demeter in the Kabeirian mysteries of the island of Samothrake. |
| Iasion in myth was a mortal-lover of Demeter, who was struck down by Zeus with a thunderbolt when he discovered the pair copulating in a thrice-ploughed field. |
| To Iasion and Demter, according to the story the myths relate, was born Ploutos (Wealth), but the reference is, as a matter of fact, to the wealth of the corn, which was presented to Iasion because of Demeter’s association with him at the time of the wedding of Harmonia. |
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