Erysichthon of Thessaly

[2] Erysichthon was the son of King Triopas[3] possibly by Hiscilla, daughter of Myrmidon and thus, brother of Iphimedeia[4] and Phorbas.

Erysichthon then rudely told her to leave, threatening to strike her down with his axe and saying he needed the tree to build an extension for his house where he could hold feasts.

One huge oak was covered with votive wreaths, a symbol of every prayer Ceres had granted, and so the men refused to cut it down.

Ceres responded to the nymph's curse and punished him by entreating Fames, the spirit of unrelenting and insatiable hunger, to place herself in his stomach.

Erysichthon used her shape-shifting ability to sell her numerous times to make money to feed himself, but no amount of food was enough.

[13] Hyginus, calling him Triopas (which is his father's name in other versions), wrote that Erysichthon tore down a temple of Demeter wishing to build a roof for his house.

[16] Müller thinks that the traditions concerning Triopas and Erysichthon (from έρευείρη, gobigo) belong to an agricultural religion, which, at the same time, refers to the infernal regions.