CHAPTER XVII.
Ceres--Demeter--Parentage and Attributes--How represented-- Story of Proserpine--Eleusinian Mysteries--Rites practiced --Story of Triptolemus--Sacrifices offered to Ceres--Feasts called Ambarvalia--Described by Virgil 75
Ceres--Demeter--Parentage and Attributes--How represented-- Story of Proserpine--Eleusinian Mysteries--Rites practiced --Story of Triptolemus--Sacrifices offered to Ceres--Feasts called Ambarvalia--Described by Virgil 75