customs
The Eleusinian Mysteries
ta mysteria
The most famous Greek mystery cult, an annual initiation at Eleusis into the secret rites of Demeter and Persephone promising initiates a blessed afterlife.
Where this idea shows up
7 Greek sourcesWhere to read it
- Quaestiones Convivales120 CEPlutarch· Chaeronea
- Deipnosophistae230 CEAthenaeus of Naucratis· Naucratis