Eleusinian Mysteries
Meanings
name
- Initiations held every year for the cult of Demeter and Persephone, based at Eleusis in ancient Greece, now named Elefsina.
noun
- Alternative form of Eleusinian Mysteries.
Word forms
Etymology
Calque of Ancient Greek Ἐλευσίνια Μυστήρια (Eleusínia Mustḗria).
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