Eleusinian Mysteries

English

Etymology

Calque of Ancient Greek Ἐλευσίνια Μυστήρια (Eleusínia Mustḗria).

Proper noun

Eleusinian Mysteries

1. (Ancient Greece) Initiations held every year for the cult of Demeter and Persephone, based at Eleusis in ancient Greece, now named Elefsina.

See also

• anaktoron
• hierophant