Rharian 
and Thri- 
asian 
Plains. 
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tadifl 
which Triptolemus was afflicted, and from which CHAP. 
he was restored to health by Ceres, is still 
liable to attack all who expose themselves 
to the malaria now covering this part of the 
Eleiu i man territory : and the evil might again 
be removed, as it then was, by subjecting the 
same spot once more to the labours of agri- 
culture; carefully cleansing and draining the 
soil. This being the Rharian Plain ; the great or the 
plain of Eleusis, upon the other side of the 
Acropolis, towards the west, is consequently 
the Thriasian. The Rharian Plain being small, 
and between the Citadel and the sea, was in all 
probability occupied, in antient times, by the 
city of Eleusis, and by many of its sacred 
buildings. The remains of the two Long Walls, 
which extended from the Citadel to the sea, and 
inclosed the port, are yet visible; and within 
this inclosure were perhaps the temples of 
Triptolemus and of Neptune 1 . The Area and Temples ot 
Altar of Triptolemus were undoubtedly within mu s, of 
the Rharian Plain\ The temple of Diana Pro- 
pyltea was, of course, as its name implies, the 
Holy Gate of the Citadel ; and probably it stood 
(1) Vid. Pausania Attic, c. 38. pp. 92, 93. cd. Kuhnii. 
(2) T Si x-tain TO 'Pxaiav, x. T. X. 'Evravfa *AAfl2 xaXoiyifvn TPIIITO- 
AEMOT, xcu BttMOS liitio-rau. IbiJ. p. 93. 
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