Demophon of Eleusis

In Greek mythology, Demophon or Demophöon (Ancient Greek: Δημοφῶν or Δημοφόων), was an Eleusinian prince as the son of King Celeus and Queen Metanira. Mythology While Demeter, having taken the form of an old woman called Doso, searched for her lost daughter Persephone, she received a hospitable welcome from Celeus, the King of Eleusis in Attica. He asked her to nurse Demophon - his son by Metanira. As a gift to Celeus, because of his hospitality, Demeter planned to make Demophon a god by anointing and coating him with ambrosia, breathing gently upon him while holding him in her arms and bosom, and making him immortal by burning his mortal spirit away in the family's hearth every night. She put him in the fire at night like a firebrand or ember - without the knowledge of his parents: And thus it came to pass that the splendid son of bright-minded Keleos,Dêmophôn, who was born to well-girded Metaneira,was nourished in the palace, and he grew up like a daimôn,not eating grain, not sucking from the breast. But Demeterused to anoint him with ambrosia, as if he had been born of the goddess,and she would breathe down her sweet breath on him as she held him to her bosom.At nights she would conceal him within the menos of fire, as if he were a smoldering log,and his philoi parents were kept unaware. But they marveledat how full in bloom he came to be, and to look at him was like looking at the gods.