Tags: Mythological Figure.

Bouzyges is a culture hero from Greek mythology credited with the invention of many agricultural practices; most notably he was the first man to yoke oxen to a plough. He has been associated with Epimenides[1].The name was also used by an order of priests associated with the Eleusinian Mysteries; these priests collectively known as the Bouzygai were also the priests of Zeus at the Palladium. Pericles may have been one of the Bouzygai.[2].

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