- The
Eleusinian Mysteries (Gr****: Ἐλευσίνια Μυστήρια, romanized: Eleusínia Mystḗria) were
initiations held
every year for the cult of
Demeter and ****phone...
- Magoula,
while Aspropyrgos is to the northeast. It is the site of the
Eleusinian Mysteries and the
birthplace of Aeschylus. Today,
Elefsina is a major...
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vegetation goddess, and her
mother Demeter were the
central figures of the
Eleusinian Mysteries,
which promised the
initiated a
happy afterlife. The origins...
- of life and death. She and ****phone were the
central figures of the
Eleusinian Mysteries,
which promised the
initiated a
happy afterlife. This religious...
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compounded brew, as in the case of the
Eleusinian Mysteries. A
kykeon was used at the
climax of the
Eleusinian Mysteries to
break a
sacred fast, but it...
-
aspect of Zeus; or the twice-born son of Zeus and the
mortal Semele. The
Eleusinian Mysteries identify him with Iacchus, the son or
husband of Demeter. Most...
- outsiders. The most
famous mysteries of Greco-Roman
antiquity were the
Eleusinian Mysteries,
which predated the Gr**** Dark Ages. The
mystery schools flourished...
- The
Great Eleusinian Relief (Gr****: Μεγάλο Ανάγλυφο Ελευσινίων Μυστηρίων) is a
large marble relief kept in the
National Archaeological Museum,
Athens in...
- 'Bull-hitcher'), was a hero of
Eleusis in Gr**** mythology,
central to the
Eleusinian Mysteries and is
worshipped as the
inventor and
patron of agriculture...
-
schools included the
Eleusinian mysteries, the
Dionysian mysteries and the
Orphic mysteries.
Twice each year,
initiates of the
Eleusinian mysteries travelled...
