place
Rharion
also: Ῥάριον, Rharian plain
A plain near Eleusis, 'the life-bearing udder of the ploughland,' left barren by Demeter's grief until she sets foot there again and lets the grain grow.
Reading notes
- The Homeric Hymns §2.451 Rharion
A plain near Eleusis, 'the life-bearing udder of the ploughland,' left barren by Demeter's grief until she sets foot there again and lets the grain grow.