Jeffreys, Elizabeth; Croke, Brian (1990): Studies in John Malalas. Australian Association for Byzantine Studies, Department of Modern Greek, University of Sydney, s. 206.
Nilsson, Martin P. (1940): Greek Popular Religion, s. 50: «The Demophon story in Eleusis is based on an older folk-tale motif which has nothing to do with the Eleusinian Cult. It is introduced in order to let Demeter reveal herself in her divine shape».