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The people of Pheneus have also a sanctuary of Demeter, surnamed Eleusinian, and they perform a ritual to the goddess, saying that the ceremonies at Eleusis are the same as those established among themselves. For Naus, they assert, came to them because of an oracle from Delphi, being a grandson of Eumolpus. Beside the sanctuary of the Eleusinian has been set up Petroma, as it is called, consisting of two large stones fitted one to the other.
When every other year they celebrate what they call the Greater Rites, they open these stones. They take from out them writings that refer to the rites, read them in the hearing of the initiated, and return them on the same night. Most Pheneatians, too, I know, take an oath by the Petroma in the most important affairs.
On the top is a sphere, with a mask inside of Demeter Cidaria. This mask is put on by the priest at the Greater Rites, who for some reason or other beats with rods the Folk Underground. The Pheneatians have a story that even before
Pindar, Olympian (ed. Diane Arnson Svarlien),
Olympian 9
For Epharmostus of Opus
Wrestling-Match
466 B. C. (search)
Pindar, Olympian (ed. Diane Arnson Svarlien),
Olympian 13
For Xenophon of Corinth
Foot Race and Pentathlon
464 B. C. (search)
Pindar, Isthmean (ed. Diane Arnson Svarlien),
Isthmian 1
For Herodotus of Thebes
Chariot Race
?458 B. C. (search)
Plato, Theaetetus, section 143b (search)
EucleidesAnd I myself went with Theaetetus as far as Erineum,Erineum was between Eleusis and Athens, near the Cephissus. Apparently Eucleides had walked some thirty miles. so I also should not be sorry to take a rest. Come, let us go, and while we are resting, the boy shall read to us.TerpsionVery well.EucleidesHere is the book, Terpsion. Now this is the way I wrote the conversation: I did not represent Socrates relating it to me, as he did, but conversing with those with whom he told me he conversed. And he told me they were the geometrician Theodorus and Theaetetus. Now in order that