Eleusinian Mysteries

They are the “most famous of the secret religious rites of ancient Greece.” The Eleusinian Mysteries (Greek: Ἐλευσίνια Μυστήρια) were initiations held every year for the cult of Demeter and Persephone based at Eleusis in ancient Greece.  Demeter (/dᵻˈmiːtər/; Attic: Δημήτηρ Dēmḗtēr) is the goddess of the harvest and agriculture.  Though Demeter is often described simply as the goddess of the harvest, she presided also over the sacred law, and…