- 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...
- The
Great Eleusinian Relief (Gr****: Μεγάλο Ανάγλυφο Ελευσινίων Μυστηρίων) is a
large marble relief kept in the
National Archaeological Museum,
Athens in...
- death. She and her
daughter ****phone were the
central figures of the
Eleusinian Mysteries, a
religious tradition that
predated the
Olympian pantheon and...
-
vegetation goddess, and her
mother Demeter were the
central figures of the
Eleusinian Mysteries,
which promised the
initiated a
happy afterlife. The origins...
-
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...
- outsiders. The most
famous mysteries of Greco-Roman
antiquity were the
Eleusinian Mysteries,
which predated the Gr**** Dark Ages. The
mystery schools flourished...
- importance,
particularly at
Athens and
Eleusis in
connection with the
Eleusinian mysteries, but
without any
significant mythology. He
perhaps originated...
-
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...
- 1500 BC —
Mycenaean civilization starts in
Ancient Greece. c. 1500 BC —
Eleusinian Mysteries start in
Ancient Greece. c. 1500 BC — Formative/Preclassic period...
