General

General - 28.05.22

The Lesser Mysteries

The Lesser Mysteries was a religious celebration held in the month of Anthesterion (February-March) …

General - 16.05.22

The outer courtyard of Eleusis

The outer courtyard of the sanctuary is, in essence, the end of the Sacred Way and a place where a l…

General - 22.03.22

Lakeside

At the point where the Sacred Way emerges from the narrow pass of Daphni, travellers and mystai came…

General - 10.03.22

The dark-haired god

Hades was the god of the dead. He was the son of Kronos and Rhea and the brother of Zeus and Poseido…

General - 03.03.22

Aeschylus and the Eleusinian Mysteries

Aeschylus was born in 525 BCE in Eleusis. According to tradition, his father, Euphorion, was a pries…