Eleusinian Mysteries

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Initiations held every year for the cult of Demeter and Persephone, based at Eleusis in ancient Greece, now named Elefsina.
noun
  1. Alternative form of Eleusinian Mysteries.

Word forms

Eleusinian Mysteries

Etymology

Calque of Ancient Greek Ἐλευσίνια Μυστήρια (Eleusínia Mustḗria).

Related words

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