Well attestedNamed from the place
Eleusinian Mysteries
noun · first attested 17th century
Antiquity's most famous secret is named for a town near Athens.
The secret initiation rites of Demeter and Persephone.
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- Relationship
- Named from the place
- Confidence
- Well attestedThe place link is the standard scholarly account.
- Attested
- 17th century
- Part of speech
- noun
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Eleusis
- In English
Eleusinian Mysteries
The rites were held at Eleusis for nearly two thousand years, and initiates were forbidden to describe them.
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