Eleusinian Mysteries
E19366
The Eleusinian Mysteries were secretive initiation rites held annually at Eleusis in honor of Demeter and Persephone, promising participants spiritual renewal and a blessed afterlife.
All labels observed (14)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T156983 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Eleusinian Mysteries Context triple: [Ancient Greek religion, hasMysteryCult, Eleusinian Mysteries]
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Pythian Games
The Pythian Games were one of the four major Panhellenic festivals of ancient Greece, featuring athletic and musical competitions held in honor of Apollo at Delphi.
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B.
Ancient Greek religion
Ancient Greek religion was the polytheistic belief system of ancient Greece, centered on a pantheon of gods like Zeus and Athena, mythological heroes, and ritual practices that shaped Greek culture, art, and philosophy.
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Theatre of Delphi
The Theatre of Delphi is an ancient Greek open-air theater built into the hillside of the sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi, renowned for its panoramic views over the valley and its role in religious festivals and dramatic performances.
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D.
National Assembly at Epidaurus
The National Assembly at Epidaurus was the revolutionary Greek representative body that in 1822 proclaimed Greece’s independence from the Ottoman Empire and adopted its first constitution.
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E.
Dionysus
Dionysus is the ancient Greek god of wine, ecstasy, theater, and ritual madness, often linked to mystery cults and ecstatic worship.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Eleusinian Mysteries Target entity description: The Eleusinian Mysteries were secretive initiation rites held annually at Eleusis in honor of Demeter and Persephone, promising participants spiritual renewal and a blessed afterlife.
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A.
Pythian Games
The Pythian Games were one of the four major Panhellenic festivals of ancient Greece, featuring athletic and musical competitions held in honor of Apollo at Delphi.
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B.
Ancient Greek religion
Ancient Greek religion was the polytheistic belief system of ancient Greece, centered on a pantheon of gods like Zeus and Athena, mythological heroes, and ritual practices that shaped Greek culture, art, and philosophy.
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C.
Theatre of Delphi
The Theatre of Delphi is an ancient Greek open-air theater built into the hillside of the sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi, renowned for its panoramic views over the valley and its role in religious festivals and dramatic performances.
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D.
National Assembly at Epidaurus
The National Assembly at Epidaurus was the revolutionary Greek representative body that in 1822 proclaimed Greece’s independence from the Ottoman Empire and adopted its first constitution.
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E.
Dionysus
Dionysus is the ancient Greek god of wine, ecstasy, theater, and ritual madness, often linked to mystery cults and ecstatic worship.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (64)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Greek religious mystery cult
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initiation rite ⓘ religious festival ⓘ |
| admission | open to Greek-speaking free persons ⓘ |
| approximateEndYear | 392 CE ⓘ |
| approximateStartCentury | 7th century BCE ⓘ |
| associatedMyth |
abduction of Persephone by Hades
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myth of Demeter and Persephone ⓘ |
| calendar |
Metonic cycle
ⓘ
surface form:
Attic calendar
|
| coreTheme |
afterlife
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agricultural fertility ⓘ death and rebirth ⓘ |
| country |
Greek Antiquity
ⓘ
surface form:
Ancient Greece
|
| endCause | Christianization of the Roman Empire ⓘ |
| famousInitiate |
Cicero
ⓘ
Hadrian ⓘ Marcus Aurelius ⓘ Plato ⓘ |
| floruitPeriod |
Classical Greece
ⓘ
Hellenistic period ⓘ Roman Antiquity ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Imperial period
|
| genderPolicy | open to both men and women ⓘ |
| greaterMysteriesLocation | Eleusis ⓘ |
| greaterMysteriesSeason | autumn ⓘ |
| hadGreaterMysteries | true ⓘ |
| hadInnerSanctum |
Telesterion at Eleusis
ⓘ
surface form:
Telesterion
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| hadLesserMysteries | true ⓘ |
| heldAnnually | true ⓘ |
| highPriestTitle | Hierophant ⓘ |
| honoredDeity |
Demeter
ⓘ
Persephone ⓘ |
| influenced |
Greek philosophical ideas about the soul
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later mystery religions ⓘ |
| lesserMysteriesLocation | Agrae near Athens ⓘ |
| lesserMysteriesSeason | spring ⓘ |
| location | Eleusis ⓘ |
| mainFestivalMonth | Boedromion ⓘ |
| mainSanctuary |
Telesterion at Eleusis
ⓘ
surface form:
Sanctuary of Demeter at Eleusis
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| modernSiteStatus | archaeological site at Elefsina, Greece ⓘ |
| near | Athens ⓘ |
| oathOfSecrecy | true ⓘ |
| offeredBenefit |
hope of better fate after death
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promise of a blessed afterlife ⓘ spiritual renewal ⓘ |
| penaltyForRevealingSecrets | death ⓘ |
| politicalControl | city-state of Athens ⓘ |
| possibleEarlierOrigins | Mycenaean period ⓘ |
| priestlyFamily |
Eumolpidae
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Kerykes ⓘ |
| processionRoute | Sacred Way between Athens and Eleusis ⓘ |
| religion | ancient Greek religion ⓘ |
| requiredCondition |
ability to understand Greek
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no ritual pollution such as homicide ⓘ |
| ritualType |
drinking of kykeon
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fasting ⓘ initiation ⓘ procession ⓘ revelation of sacred objects ⓘ sacred drama ⓘ sacrifice ⓘ |
| season | autumn ⓘ |
| socialScope | included slaves in some periods ⓘ |
| sourceType | partly reconstructed from literary and archaeological evidence ⓘ |
| suppressedBy |
Theodosius I
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surface form:
Roman emperor Theodosius I
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Subject: Eleusinian Mysteries Description of subject: The Eleusinian Mysteries were secretive initiation rites held annually at Eleusis in honor of Demeter and Persephone, promising participants spiritual renewal and a blessed afterlife.
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