M50 The date of the Eleusinian Mysteries in September would have been a very appropriate time for a Sacred Marriage of the Sky God with the Corn Goddess or the Earth Goddess. _ 241 The Magic Art and the Evolution of Kings_, ii. 97 _sqq._ 242 Homer, _Odyssey_, v. 125 _sqq._ 243 Proclus, on Plato, _Timaeus_, p. 293 c, quoted by L. F. Farnell, _The Cults of the Greek States_, iii. 357, where Lobeck’s emendation of ὔε, κύε for υἶε, τοκυῖε (_Aglaophamus_, p. 782) may be accepted as certain, confirmed as it is by Hippolytus, _Refutatio Omnium Haeresium_, v. 7, p. 146, ed. Duncker and Schneidewin (Göttingen, 1859), τὸ μέγα καὶ ἄρρητον Ἐλευσινίων μυστήριον ὔε κύε. M51 The Eleusinian games distinct from the Eleusinian Mysteries. The Eleusinian games of later origin than the Eleusinian Mysteries. The Eleusinian games sacred to Demeter and Persephone. Triptolemus, the mythical hero of the corn. 244 As to the Eleusinian games see August Mommsen, _Feste der Stadt Athen im Altertum_, pp. 179-204; P. Foucart, _Les Grands Mystères d’Éleusis_ (Paris, 1900), pp. 143-147; P. Stengel, in Pauly-Wissowa’s _Real-Encyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft_, v. coll. 2330 _sqq._ The quadriennial celebration of the Eleusinian Games is mentioned by Aristotle (_Constitution of Athens_, 54), and in the great Eleusinian inscription of 329 B.C., which is also our only authority for the biennial celebration of the games. See Dittenberger, _Sylloge Inscriptionum Graecarum_,2 No. 587, lines 258 _sqq._ The regular and official name of the games was simply Eleusinia (τὰ Ἐλευσίνια), a name which late writers applied incorrectly to the Mysteries. See August Mommsen, _op. cit._ pp. 179 _sqq._; Dittenberger, _op. cit._ No. 587, note 171. 245 Dittenberger, _Sylloge Inscriptionum Graecarum_,2 No. 246, lines 25 _sqq._; _id._ No. 587, lines 244 _sq._, 258 _sqq._ _ 246 Marmor Parium_, in _Fragmenta Historicorum Graecorum_, ed. C. Müller, i. 544 _sq._ 247 Aristides, _Panathen._ and _Eleusin._ vol. i. pp. 168, 417, ed. G. Dindorf. 248 Schol. on Pindar, _Olymp._ ix. 150, p. 228, ed. Aug. Boeckh. 249 Aristides, _ll.cc._ 250 Dittenberger, _Sylloge Inscriptionum Graecarum_,2 No. 246, lines 25 _sqq._ The editor rightly points out that the Great Eleusinian Games are identical with the games celebrated every fourth year, which are mentioned in the decree of 329 B.C. (Dittenberger, _Sylloge Inscriptionum Graecarum_,2 No. 587, lines 260 _sq._).