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24 mag 2024 · Eleusinian Mysteries, most famous of the secret religious rites of ancient Greece. According to the myth told in the Homeric Hymn to Demeter, the earth goddess Demeter (q.v.) went to Eleusis in search of her daughter Kore (Persephone), who had been abducted by Hades (Pluto), god of the underworld.
2 giorni fa · Alcibiades was able to assert his piety and to raise Athenian morale by leading the solemn procession to Eleusis (for the celebration of the Eleusinian Mysteries) by land for the first time since the Spartans had occupied Decelea.
2 giorni fa · The Eleusinian Mysteries identify him with Iacchus, the son or husband of Demeter. Most accounts say he was born in Thrace, traveled abroad, and arrived in Greece as a foreigner. His attribute of "foreignness" as an arriving outsider-god may be inherent and essential to his cults, as he is a god of epiphany , sometimes called "the god who comes".
5 giorni fa · Mysteries and cult Hydria (ca. 340 BC) depicting figures from the Eleusinian Mysteries. As Pluto gained importance as an embodiment of agricultural wealth within the Eleusinian Mysteries, from the 5th century BC onward the name Hades was increasingly reserved for the underworld as a place.
26 mag 2024 · The Eleusinian Mysteries. The Eleusinian Mysteries consisted of two main festivals—the Lesser Mysteries held each spring, and the Greater Mysteries in the fall. The Greater Mysteries began with a grand procession along the Sacred Way, a 14-mile road linking Athens to Eleusis.
5 giorni fa · Some of these early mystery cults, such as the Eleusinian mysteries, may have originated in agrarian festivals related to planting and harvesting. The symbolism and mythological cycles of many mystery cults strongly relate to fertility and the agricultural cycle of harvest and rebirth.
14 mag 2024 · The Eleusinian Stone is a powerful artifact that is initially hidden in Olympus by Zeus. The chaos of Blood of Zeus ' season 1 ending secretly prompted Zeus to have the Stone moved and given to Gaia for safekeeping. The powerful stone powers up the wielder in massive ways.
