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Eleusinian mysteries
plural noun
- the mysteries, celebrated annually at Eleusis and Athens in ancient times, in memory of the abduction and return of Persephone and in honor of Demeter and Bacchus.
Eleusinian mysteries
plural noun
- a mystical religious festival, held in September at Eleusis in classical times, in which initiates celebrated Persephone, Demeter, and Dionysus
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Eleusinian mysteries1
First recorded in 1635–45
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Example Sentences
Thus (i. 232) controversy, it seems, still rages among scholars as to ‘the object of the Eleusinian Mysteries.’
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Pausanias is the authority for a statement by the Phliasians that they imitated the Eleusinian Mysteries.
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Julian strived in vain to infuse new life into the vanishing cult, but it was too late—the Eleusinian Mysteries were dead.
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This fact is sometimes used as an argument in favour of the Egyptian origin of the Eleusinian Mysteries.
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Nero sought admission into the Eleusinian Mysteries, but was rejected because of the many slaughters connected with his name.
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