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2. Eleusinian Mysteries - Wikipedia

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   A votive plaque known as the Ninnion Tablet depicting elements of the Eleusinian Mysteries, discovered in the sanctuary at Eleusis (mid-4th century BC). The Eleusinian Mysteries (Greek: Ἐλευσίνια Μυστήρια, romanized: Eleusínia Mystḗria) were initiations held every year for the cult of Demeter and Persephone based at the Panhellenic Sanctuary of Eleusis in ancient Greece.

3. Greco-Roman mysteries - Wikipedia

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   Mystery religions, mystery cults, sacred mysteries or simply mysteries (Greek: μυστήρια), were religious schools of the Greco-Roman world for which participation was reserved to initiates (mystai). The main characteristic of these religious schools was the secrecy associated with the particulars of the initiation and the ritual practice ...

4. Despoina - Wikipedia

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   Despoina or Despoena (/ d ɛ s ˈ p iː n ə /; [1] Greek: Δέσποινα, romanized: Déspoina) was the epithet of a goddess worshipped by the Eleusinian Mysteries in Ancient Greece as the daughter of Demeter and Poseidon and the sister of Arion. [2]

5. Arcadian Cults of the Mistresses - Wikipedia

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   One particularly distinctive epithet she bore was Demeter Melaina (Ancient Greek: Δημητηρ Μελαινα), meaning “Black Demeter” and referring to an Arcadian version of her mythology. The ancient Greek travel writer Pausanias records a myth where, whilst searching for her lost daughter Kore, Demeter was pursued by the god Poseidon .

6. Eleusinion - Wikipedia

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   The Eleusinion was the Athenian base of the cult of Demeter and Kore at Eleusis in western Attica. It was one of several sanctuaries in the city of Athens that linked the city to a cult in an outlying area of Attica, alongside the sanctuary of Artemis of Brauron atop the Acropolis and that of Dionysius of Eleutherae on the south slopes of the ...

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   Boeing said in a notice filed with Washington's Employment Security Department on Monday that it has so far laid off 2,199 workers in the state, among job cuts that will eventually total about ...

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9. Sacred Way - Wikipedia

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   Although the cult of Demeter kept information about its rites a secret only to those in the cult, the cult itself was open to a wide array of people. Initiates could be young or old, male or female, even slave or free. [6] The only requirement, it seems, is that initiates could not have any sort of un-atoned bloodguilt on their hands. [6]