In Greek mythology, Rarus (, ) or Rar (, )It was specifically stressed by ancient grammarians, e. g. Herodianus 1. 546-547; 2. 940; scholia on Iliad, 1. 56, that the initial of his name has a spiritus lenis on it, unlike all other Greek words beginning with . Thus, the correct Latin transliteration is , not . was a son of Cranaus,Hesychius of Alexandria, s.v. Kranaou hyios eponym of the Rarian Field near Eleusis, and a possible father of Triptolemus by an unnamed daughter of Amphictyon.Pausanias, 1.14.3Hesychius of Alexandria, s.v. Raros, also noting that the adjective meant "strong"Photius, Lexicon s.v. Rar According to Suda, Rarus was the father of Celeus and through him grandfather of Triptolemus. He received Demeter hospitably as she was searching for her daughter Persephone, and the goddess, in reward, taught his grandson the art of cultivating crops.Suida, s.v. Rarias
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