Sacred rituals that were the most important of the religious festivals in ancient Greece. Like the Eleusinia, a biennial festival in honor of the Greek divinities Demeter and Persephone, the Eleusinian mysteries derived their name from the town of Elevsís, in Attica, near Athens.
The Eleusinian Mysteries (Greek: Ἐλευσίνια Μυστήρια) were initiation ceremonies held every year for the cult of Demeter and Persephone based at Eleusis in ancient ...
This Athenian religious festival was held in honor of the grain and fertility goddess Demeter, her name is purely Greek, meaning 'spelt mother' (spelt is a variety of wheat.
The Eleusinian Mysteries were the most famous of the secret religious rites of ancient Greece. They consisted of the Lesser Mysteries and the Greater Mysteries.
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