Demeter Sanctuary (Eleusis)
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: J.S. Traill Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: J.S. Traill Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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May 03, 2023 04:00 PM
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History
The Sanctuary of Demeter at Eleusis in Attica was the site of the celebration of the Eleusinian mysteries, observed from the Archaic period to Late Antiquity.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/579910
38.041448453, 23.5375913211
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Αρχαιολογικός χώρος Ελευσίνος (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Demeter (English, 750 BC - AD 640)
- Demeter Sanctuary (Eleusis) part of (regional) Attica (unspecified date range)
- Demeter Sanctuary (Eleusis) located at Eleusis (unspecified date range)
- Hiera Oikia at Eleusis part of (analytical) Demeter Sanctuary (Eleusis) (unspecified date range)
- Telesterion part of (analytical) Demeter Sanctuary (Eleusis) (unspecified date range)
sanctuary (religious center), archaeological site
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 59 B2 Demeter, T.
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Eleusis
J.S. Traill, DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Demeter Sanctuary (Eleusis): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/579910> [accessed: 20 April 2024]
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