telesterion
English
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek τελεστήριον (telestḗrion, “initiation hall”), from τελείω (teleíō, “to initiate”).
Noun
edittelesterion
- A building used to celebrate sacred rites in Ancient Greece.
- 2005, Robert Parker, Polytheism and Society at Athens, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 351:
- Central among them is what, to avoid controversy, it is convenient to call the telesterion: a building designed to accommodate the faithful inside, and thus unique among the forms of Greek sacred architecture.
See also
editFurther reading
edit- telesterion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia