[28] Now, first of all, that which was the first necessity of man’s nature was provided by our city; for even though the story[20] has taken the form of a myth, yet it deserves to be told again. When Demeter came to our land, in her wandering after the rape of Kore, and, being moved to kindness towards our ancestors by services which may not be told save to her initiates, gave these two gifts, the greatest in the world—the fruits of the earth,[21] which have enabled us to rise above the life of the beasts, and the holy rite[22] which inspires in those who partake of it sweeter hopes[23] regarding both the end of life and all eternity,