Eleusis

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ancient Greek city archaeological site religious center

Eleusis was an ancient Greek city renowned as the center of the Eleusinian Mysteries, one of the most important secret religious cults of the classical world dedicated to Demeter and Persephone.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek city ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
religious center ⓘ
admittedInitiatesFrom Various Greek city-states ⓘ
connectedBy Sacred Way between Athens and Eleusis ⓘ
surface form: Sacred Way
connectedTo Athens ⓘ
country Greece ⓘ
cultCenterOf Demeter ⓘ
Persephone ⓘ
declineCause Christianization of the Roman Empire ⓘ
dedicatedTo Demeter ⓘ
Persephone ⓘ
destroyedBy Persians ⓘ
excavatedBy Archaeological Society at Athens ⓘ
Ephorates of Antiquities in Greece ⓘ
surface form: Greek Archaeological Service
festival Eleusinian Mysteries ⓘ
Lesser Mysteries ⓘ
finalSuppressionOfCult Late 4th century CE ⓘ
hasMuseum Archaeological Museum of Eleusis ⓘ
hasSanctuary Telesterion at Eleusis ⓘ
surface form: Sanctuary of Demeter
hasStructure Kallichoron Well ⓘ
Ploutonion ⓘ
Sacred Court ⓘ
Telesterion at Eleusis ⓘ
surface form: Telesterion
inhabitedSince Mycenaean period ⓘ
initiationLevels Greater Mysteries ⓘ
Lesser Mysteries ⓘ
knownFor Eleusinian Mysteries ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
locatedIn Attica ⓘ
locatedNear Athens ⓘ
Saronic Gulf ⓘ
locatedOn Bay of Eleusis ⓘ
modernSite Elefsina ⓘ
mythologicalAssociation Hospitality of King Keleos ⓘ
abduction of Persephone ⓘ
surface form: Search of Demeter for Persephone
mythologicalEvent abduction of Persephone ⓘ
surface form: Abduction of Persephone
mythologicalFigureAssociated Philomelus ⓘ
surface form: Triptolemos
partOf Attica region ⓘ
surface form: Region of Attica
periodOfFlourishing Classical period of ancient Greece ⓘ
politicalStatusInClassicalPeriod Deme of Athens ⓘ
reconstructedBy Pericles ⓘ
religiousFunction Initiation center for mystery cult ⓘ
religiousTradition Ancient Greek religion ⓘ
roleInMyth Place where Demeter revealed mysteries to Triptolemos ⓘ
UNESCOInscriptionYear 2023 ⓘ
UNESCOStatus World Heritage Site ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ictinus → activeIn → Eleusis ⓘ
Aeschylus → birthPlace → Eleusis ⓘ
Attica → contains → Eleusis ⓘ
Demeter → cultCenter → Eleusis ⓘ
Ictinus → hasWorkLocation → Eleusis ⓘ
Persephone → worshipCenter → Eleusis ⓘ