Eleusinian Mysteries

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Etymology

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Calque of Ancient Greek Ἐλευσίνια Μυστήρια (Eleusínia Mustḗria).

Proper noun

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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.

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