Arnobius

“ So, then, that Baubo who, we have said, dwelt in the canton of Eleusis, receives hospitably Ceres, worn out with ills of many kinds, hangs about her with pleasing attentions, beseeches her not to neglect to refresh her body, brings to quench her thirst wine thickened with spelt, [7] which the Greeks term cyceon. The goddess in her sorrow turns away from the kindly offered services, [8] and rejects them; nor does her misfortune suffer her to remember what the body always requires. ”

“ In this wise she returns [11] to the sorrowing goddess; and while trying the common expedients by which it is usual to break the force of grief, and moderate it, she uncovers herself, and baring her groins, displays all the parts which decency hides ”