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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Not so gay was the arrival at Eleusis airport.

From Time Magazine Archive

In some way, no one knows clearly how or when, the God of the Vine, Dionysus, came to take his place, too, at Eleusis, side by side with Demeter.

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