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Once a year, in the month of Boedromion a great procession walked from Athens to Eleusis.

The Mysteries of Eleusis

According to ancient myth, Hades, the god of the underworld, had carried off Kore (Persephone) to his kingdom. Her mother Demeter protested, and a compromise was agreed by which Kore would spend six months of each year with Hades and six months with her mother. A shrine to Demeter and Kore known as the Eleusinium was built on the Panathenaic Way below the Athenian Acropolis. The main sanctuary remained at Eleusis. The Eleusinian Mysteries became famous throughout Greece, and was an important part of the ancient Athenian public religion.

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* Reylari Socrates, Sep 13, 2004 - 18:08

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The Eleusinian Mysteries of Ancient Greece (* Gitana Harmodios, Sep 16, 2005 - 09:34 )
Preparations begin again... (* Reylari Socrates, Sep 5, 2005 - 09:08 )
Thank you, Cerridwen (* Calypso Lysias, Dec 17, 2004 - 06:54 )
Homeric Hymn to Demeter (* Cerridwen Silures, Dec 15, 2004 - 11:18 )
Thank you, Petraites Lucretius (* jojo Nebuchadnezzar, Dec 5, 2004 - 09:44 )
Well done, Pet Luc (* Vortigern Aedui, Dec 5, 2004 - 00:30 )
Apology as asked for by Jojo (* Petraites Lucretius, Dec 4, 2004 - 22:10 )
As an outsider (* Anarane Burgundian, Oct 4, 2004 - 14:01 )
The Earth Mother (* Reylari Siduri, Sep 30, 2004 - 11:40 )
The Great Initiates (* Theseus Theocritos, Sep 23, 2004 - 21:05 )
Porphyry_ (* Ariadne Philemon, Sep 22, 2004 - 07:38 )
Themistius_ (* Helen Ariston, Sep 22, 2004 - 06:37 )
epoptai ~ the *seeing* mystai (* Helen Ariston, Sep 22, 2004 - 06:23 )
Mystical? (* Kallistos Alexandros, Sep 21, 2004 - 23:58 )
Secret Ingrediant? (* Kyria Hipocrates, Sep 21, 2004 - 10:42 )
Kykeon (* Kallistos Alexandros, Sep 21, 2004 - 09:11 )
Was the drink spiked? (* Theseus Theocritos, Sep 21, 2004 - 07:46 )
Initiation of the Mystai (* Reylari Socrates, Sep 21, 2004 - 01:37 )
Eleusis is inspiring (* Melisa Alexandros, Sep 20, 2004 - 23:37 )
The Art of Eleusis (* Reylari Socrates, Sep 20, 2004 - 20:58 )


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