Visit Eleusis, one of the most important cult centers
in the ancient world, 21 kms Northeast of Athens.
The ancient city of Eleusis was the birthplace of
the tragic poet Aeschylus and home of the sanctuary of Demeter and
Kore and of the Eleusinian Mysteries.
Explore this site, where the excavations revealed
among other things the Telesterion, that is, the Hall of Mysteries,
a building dedicated to the secret rites in honor of Demeter, in which
only the initiated could participate
The exhibits in the museum will add to your knowledge
of this religious center, which attracted worshippers from all over
Greece.
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