Eleusis

American  

[ih-loo-sis] / ɪˈlu sɪs /

noun

1. a city in ancient Greece, in Attica.

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Eleusis British  

/ ˌɛljʊˈsɪnɪən, ɪˈluːsɪs /

noun

1. Modern Greek name: Elevsís.  a town in Greece, in Attica about 23 km (14 miles) west of Athens, of which it is now an industrial suburb

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Other Word Forms

• Eleusinian noun

Example Sentences

It culminated in a ritual bath in the sea, three days of fasting and a pilgrimage to the Sanctuary of Eleusis outside of Athens during a nine-day festival in early fall.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 14, 2024

Off the Beaten Path in Classical Greece Art historian Renee Gondek highlights the art and archaeology of a variety of Grecian sites including Mycenae, Eleusis and Delos, explores Pella, Samothrace, Vergina and Kos.

From Washington Post • Jul. 28, 2016

Not so gay was the arrival at Eleusis airport.

From Time Magazine Archive

Regarded as a forceful, ambitious pragmatist by his business associates, he developed his family's ultramodern shipbuilding facilities at Eleusis.

From Time Magazine Archive

She asked instead for barley-water flavored with mint, the cooling draught of the reaper at harvest time and also the sacred cup given the worshipers at Eleusis.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton