Rarian Field

Place in Eleusis, Greece, associated with the Eleusinian Mysteries From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Rarian Field or Rharian Plain (Ancient Greek: Ρ̓άριον Πεδίον, Rárion Pedíon, [rá.ri.on pe.dí.on])[1] was located in Eleusis in Greece and was supposedly where the first plot of grain was grown after Demeter (through Triptolemus) taught humanity agriculture.[2][3][4] It was associated with the Eleusinian Mysteries.

Demeter was often given the epithet Rarias (Ρ̓αριάς) after the field, or after its mythical eponym Rarus.[4][5]

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