Note 50 — BOOK XIII. (continued 2)
Charles Duke Yonge translation
Rharia was a name of Ceres, from the Rharian plain near Eleusis, where corn was first sown by Triptolemus, the son of Rharus. It is mentioned by Homer:—
ἐς δ' ἄρα Ῥάριον ἷξε, φερέσβιον οὖθαρ ἀρούρης τὸ πρίν, ἄταρ τότε γ' οὔτι φερέσβιον, ἀλλὰ ἕκηλον εἱστήκι πανάφυλλον, ἔκευθε δ' ἄρα κρῖ λευκὸν μήδεσι Δήμητρος καλλισφύρου.—Od. in Cerer. 450.