place
Eleusis
also: Ἐλευσίς, Ἐλευσῖνος
A city in Attica ruled by Celeus, where the grieving Demeter is taken in and where she later founds her Mysteries; the historical site of the Eleusinian Mysteries into the Roman period.
Reading notes
- The Homeric Hymns §2.88 Eleusis
A city in Attica ruled by Celeus, where the grieving Demeter is taken in and where she later founds her Mysteries; the historical site of the Eleusinian Mysteries into the Roman period.