[21\5: It cannot, however, be denied that already in Homer Persephone is the daughter of Demeter and Zeus. Adducing ~X~ 326 and ~l~ 217 K. O. Müller (_Kl. Sch._ ii, 91) has disposed conclusively of Preller's doubts: in spite of which H. D. Müller in his reconstruction of the Demeter-myth clings firmly to the view that the goddess carried {186} away by Hades was only afterwards made the daughter of Demeter.--The Homeric poems seem to know of the rape of Persephone by Aïdoneus but not the story of her periodical return to the upper world--which is the most important feature in the Eleusinian creed. What Lehrs says on this much-discussed subject is completely convincing (_Pop. Aufs._^2, p. 277 f.).] [22\5: The cult of Demeter is old in Phthiotis too (--~Pu/rason, Dê/mêtros te/menos~, ~B~ 695 f.--~e/chousai Antrô=na petrê/enta~, _h. Cer._ 490). Also in Paros and Crete. That it is possible to trace the extension of the worship of Demeter in detail (as many have tried to do, is one of the current illusions on this subject that I cannot share.] [23\5: _Aornon_ and ~nekuomantei=on~ (~psuchopompei=on~ Phot. ~Theoi\ Molottikoi/~ cf. Append. prov. iii, 18 L.-S.; Eust. ~k~ 514, p. 1667) at Ephyre on the River Acheron in Thesprotia: well known from Hdt.'s story of Periander (v, 92). Here the place of Orpheus' descent to the lower world was localised, Paus. 9, 30, 6; cf. also Hyg. 88, p. 84, 19-20 Schm.--Entrance to Hades at Tainaron, through which Herakles dragged up Kerberos (Schol. D.P. 791, etc.), with ~psuchomantei=on~: cf. Plu., _Ser. Num. Vind._ 17, p. 560 E (cf. Stat., _Th._ ii, 32 ff., 48 f., etc.).--Similar entrance to Hades at Hermione, see below; ~kataba/sion ha/|dou~ at Aigialos = Sikyon: Call. _fr._ 110.--At Phigaleia in Arcadia a ~psuchomantei=on~ at which King Pausanias inquired, Paus. 3, 17, 9.--More famous is the ~psuchomantei=on~ at Herakleia Pont.: see _Rh. Mus._ 36, 556 (this also was a place where Kerberos appeared above, Mela i, 103). Hither Pausanias came for guidance, acc. to Plu., _Ser. Num._ 10, p. 555 C; _Cimon_ 6.--The ~Ploutô/nion~ and ~psuchomantei=on~ at Cumae in Italy had a long-standing reputation (mentioned as early as Soph., _fr._ 682 [748 P.]): cf. _Rh. Mus._ 36, 555 (an Italian Greek applies to ~ti psuchomantei=on~, Plu., _Cons. Apoll._ 14, p. 109 C).--Next the Asiatic ~Ploutô/nia~ and ~Charô/neia~: at Acharaka in Karia, Str. 649-50; at Magnesia on the Maiander, ~a/ornon spê/laion hiero/n, Charô/nion lego/menon~, Str. 636; at Myous, Str. 579. This is what ~to\ en La/tmô| o/rugma~ must have been, mentioned among other ~Charô/nia~ by Antig. Caryst. 123; the ~Ki/mbros kalou/menos ho peri\ Phrugi/an bo/thunos~ also mentioned there, may very well have been the place in Phrygia spoken of by Alkman ap. Str. 580: ~bo/thunos Kerbê/sios e/chôn olethri/ous apophora/s~ (suggested by Keller on Antig). Perhaps the latter place--named after the Korybantes (?) see Bergk on Alcm. _fr._ 82--is the same as the cave