# Rarus

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{{Short description|Son of Cranaus, eponym of the Rharian Field}}
In [Greek mythology](/source/Greek_mythology), '''Rarus''' ({{langx|grc|Ρ̓ᾶρος}}, {{Transliteration|grc|Râros}}) or '''Rar''' ({{lang|grc|Ρ̓ᾶρ}}, {{Transliteration|grc|Râr}})<ref>It was specifically stressed by ancient grammarians, e. g. [Herodianus](/source/Aelius_Herodianus) 1. 546-547; 2. 940; [scholia](/source/scholia) on ''[Iliad](/source/Iliad)'', 1. 56, that the initial {{lang|grc|Ρ̓}} of his name has a [spiritus lenis](/source/spiritus_lenis) on it, unlike all other Greek words beginning with {{lang|grc|ρ}}. Thus, the correct Latin transliteration is {{lang|la|Rarus}}, not {{lang|la|*Rharus}}.</ref> was a son of [Cranaus](/source/Cranaus),<ref>[Hesychius of Alexandria](/source/Hesychius_of_Alexandria), s.v. ''Kranaou hyios''</ref> [eponym](/source/eponym) of the [Rarian Field](/source/Rarian_Field) near [Eleusis](/source/Eleusis), and a possible father of [Triptolemus](/source/Triptolemus) by an unnamed daughter of [Amphictyon](/source/Amphictyon).<ref>[Pausanias](/source/Pausanias_(geographer)), 1.14.3</ref><ref>Hesychius of Alexandria, s.v. ''Raros'', also noting that the adjective {{lang|grc|ῤᾶρος}} meant "strong"</ref><ref>[Photius](/source/Photius), ''Lexicon'' s.v. ''Rar''</ref> According to [Suda](/source/Suda), Rarus was the father of [Celeus](/source/Celeus) and through him grandfather of Triptolemus. He received [Demeter](/source/Demeter) hospitably as she was searching for her daughter [Persephone](/source/Persephone), and the goddess, in reward, taught his grandson the art of cultivating crops.<ref>[Suida](/source/Suda), s.v. ''Rarias''</ref> According to [Robert Graves](/source/Robert_Graves), Rarus name whether it means ‘an abortive child’, or ‘a womb’, is an inappropriate name for a king, and will have referred to the womb of the Corn-mother from which the corn sprang.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Graves|first=Robert|title=The Greek Myths - The Complete and Definitive Edition|publisher=Penguin Books Limited|year=2017|isbn=9780241983386|pages=94}}</ref>

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== References ==

* [Graves, Robert](/source/Robert_Graves), ''The Greek Myths: The Complete and Definitive Edition.'' Penguin Books Limited. 2017. {{ISBN|978-0-241-98338-6|024198338X}}
*[Pausanias](/source/Pausanias_(geographer)), ''Description of Greece'' with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. {{ISBN|0-674-99328-4}}. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0160 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library]
* Pausanias, ''Graeciae Descriptio.'' ''3 vols''. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903.  [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0159 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [Suida](/source/Suda), ''Suda Encyclopedia'' translated by Ross Scaife, David Whitehead, William Hutton, Catharine Roth, Jennifer Benedict, Gregory Hays, Malcolm Heath Sean M. Redmond, Nicholas Fincher, Patrick Rourke, Elizabeth Vandiver, Raphael Finkel, Frederick Williams, Carl Widstrand, Robert Dyer, Joseph L. Rife, Oliver Phillips and many others. [https://topostext.org/work/240 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]

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