Arcas learned the art of grain cultivation from Triptolemus and taught it to the Arcadians, who had previously subsisted on acorns and wild plants.
Demeter chose Triptolemus of Eleusis to receive the gift of agriculture. She gave him wheat, a plow, and a chariot drawn by winged dragons, commanding him to teach all humanity to cultivate the earth.
Iacchus and Triptolemus both served central roles at the Eleusinian Mysteries — Iacchus as the divine leader of the torchlit procession from Athens, and Triptolemus as the mortal hero whom Demeter taught to spread agriculture.
Plutus and Triptolemus both appear alongside Demeter and Persephone in Eleusinian art and ritual, representing the agricultural blessings promised to initiates of the Mysteries.
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