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Headword: Ῥαριάς
Adler number: rho,50
Translated headword: Rharias
Vetting Status: low
Translation:
Demeter. For Rharos had a son Keleos, who had a son Triptolemos. Rharos received Demeter, as she wandered about looking for Kore, into his house. In gratitude, Demeter taught Triptolemos, the grandson of Rharos, the farming of grain. And she provided him a chariot of winged serpents, traveling in which Triptolemos went all about the earth, teaching the farming of grain.
Greek Original:
Ῥαριάς: ἡ Δημήτηρ: Ῥάρος γὰρ ἔσχεν υἱὸν Κελεόν, Κελεὸς δὲ Τριπτόλεμον. ὁ δὲ Ῥάρος πλανωμένην τὴν Δήμητραν καὶ ζητοῦσαν τὴν Κόρην ὑπεδέξατο εἰς τὸν οἶκον. ὑπὲρ τῆς τοιαύτης οὖν χάριτος ἡ Δημήτηρ τὸν ἀπόγονον Ῥάρου Τριπτόλεμον ἐδίδαξε τὴν τοῦ σίτου γεωργίαν, παρέσχε δὲ αὐτῷ καὶ ἅρμα πτηνῶν δρακόντων, εἰς ὃ ἐποχούμενος ὁ Τριπτόλεμος περιῄει πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν, διδάσκων τὴν τοῦ σίτου γεωργίαν.
Notes:
Stephanus of Byzantium s.v. Rarion: 'a plain in Eleusis. Also [referred to as] Rarian land. And Demeter [is called] Rarias.'
In the Homeric Hymn to Demeter (web address 1 below), the sorrowful goddess visits the home of Keleos himself (97), but the Hymn also mentions the cult-place known as the "Rharian field" (450).
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: agriculture; daily life; food; geography; mythology; poetry; religion; science and technology
Translated by: Ross Scaife on 4 December 2002@08:02:53.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (added note and keywords) on 4 December 2002@08:43:57.
David Whitehead (another keyword) on 2 October 2005@11:25:05.

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