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The Eleusinian Mysteries

The most famous Greek mystery cult, an annual initiation at Eleusis into the secret rites of Demeter and Persephone promising initiates a blessed afterlife.

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  1. Histories
    Thurii (Magna Graecia) · -425
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  2. Description of Greece
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  3. Deipnosophistae
    Naucratis · 230
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